Lodge v. Rutkowski

NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER

Electronically Filed
Intermediate Court of Appeals
CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX
03-JUL-2025
08:24 AM
Dkt. 16 ODSLJ
NO. CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

OF THE STATE OF HAWAI I

MICHAEL T LODGE, Trustee of the 524 KALANIKOA IRREVOCABLE TRUST
dated February 22, 2023, Plaintiff-Appellee, v.
LARRY A. RUTKOWSKI, Defendant-Appellant.

APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT
NORTH AND SOUTH HILO DIVISION
(CIVIL NO. 3DRC-XX-XXXXXXX)

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
(By: Leonard, Presiding Judge, Hiraoka, Wadsworth, JJ.)
Upon review of the record, it appears that self-

represented Defendant-Appellant Larry A. Rutkowski appeals from

the January 6, 2025 Judgment for Possession entered by the

District Court of the Third Circuit. Rutkowski filed the April

25, 2025 Notice of Appeal more than thirty days after entry of

the Judgment, which is outside of the deadline set forth in

Hawai i Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP) Rule 4(a)(1). The

record does not indicate that Rutkowski received an extension of

time to appeal under HRAP Rule 4(a)(4), or that the deadline was

otherwise tolled by a timely-filed post-judgment motion under

HRAP Rule 4(a)(3). Compliance with the requirement of timely

filing a notice of appeal is jurisdictional. Grattafiori v.

State, 79 Hawai i 10, 13, 897 P.2d 937, 940 (1995).
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Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal is

dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all pending motions are
dismissed.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai i July 3, 2025.

/s/ Katherine G. Leonard
Presiding Judge

/s/ Keith K. Hiraoka
Associate Judge

/s/ Clyde J. Wadsworth
Associate Judge

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