Canlas v. Lee

NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER

Electronically Filed
Intermediate Court of Appeals
CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX
23-MAY-2025
08:23 AM
Dkt. 22 ORD

NO. CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

GUILLERMO M. CANLAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v.
DR. BRANDON W. LEE, M.D.; DR. WORLDSTER S. LEE, M.D.;
ERIN MURAOKA, R.N.; CATARACT AND VISION CENTER OF HAWAII;
DR. MARINA A. BADUA, M.D.; DR. MARINA A. BADUA, M.D., INC.,
Defendants-Appellees, and
JOHN DOES 1-20; JANE DOES 1-20; DOE PARTNERSHIPS 1-20; DOE
CORPORATIONS 1-20; DOE NON-PROFIT CORPORATIONS 1-20;
DOE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES 1-20; and DOE ENTITIES 1-20,
Defendants

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT
(CIVIL NO. 1CCV-XX-XXXXXXX)

ORDER
(By: Leonard, Acting Chief Judge, Hiraoka and McCullen, JJ.)

Upon consideration of Appellant's Ex Parte Motion to
Apprise the Court of Payment, which the court construes as a
motion for reconsideration of the Order Dismissing Appeal, filed
May 15, 2025, and for relief from default of the record on
appeal, filed May 18, 2025, by self-represented Plaintiff-
Appellant Guillermo M. Canlas (Canlas), the papers in support,
and the record,1

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It is not clear why Canlas, a licensed attorney in Hawai#i, did not
correct the record when the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit
(circuit court clerk) filed the April 15, 2025 declaration stating the filing
fees had not been paid, or bring it to this court's attention by filing a
motion for relief from the April 24, 2025 default notice. See Hawai#i Rules
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion is granted and the
appeal is reinstated. See HRAP Rules 26(e), 40.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, within thirty-five days
from the date of this order, the circuit court clerk shall filed
the record on appeal.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the appellate clerk shall
serve a copy of this order on the circuit court clerk.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, May 23, 2025.

/s/ Katherine G. Leonard
Acting Chief Judge

/s/ Keith K. Hiraoka
Associate Judge

/s/ Sonja M.P. McCullen
Associate Judge

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of Appellate Procedure (HRAP) Rules 10(e)(1) ("If any differences arise as to
whether the record truly discloses what occurred in the court . . . appealed
from, the differences shall be submitted to and settled by that court . . .
and the record made to conform to the truth."); 11(a) ("After the filing of
the notice of appeal, the appellant . . . shall take any other action
necessary to enable the clerk of the court . . . appealed from to assemble and
transmit the record."); 26(e) (authorizing the appellate court to grant relief
from default).

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