Background
Celeste M. Gonsalves, the defendant-appellant, sought review of an Intermediate Court of Appeals matter involving Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., the plaintiff-appellee. The application arose from CAAP-24-0000012 and Case No. 1RC121005139.
Gonsalves filed her application for a writ of certiorari on July 20, 2026. The order contains no facts about the underlying dispute and does not address the merits of either party’s position.
The Court’s Holding
Exercising its discretion under Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes § 602-59(a), the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court accepted Gonsalves’s application for a writ of certiorari.
The court also ordered that no oral argument would be heard. It allowed any party to move within ten days to retain oral argument under Rule 34(c) of the Hawaiʻi Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Key Takeaways
- The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court accepted Gonsalves’s certiorari application.
- The order does not decide the merits of the underlying case.
- No oral argument will be held unless a party timely moves to retain it under Rule 34(c).
Why It Matters
The order places the matter before the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court for review of the Intermediate Court of Appeals proceeding. It also establishes that the case will proceed without oral argument unless a party files a qualifying motion within the specified ten-day period.