Haw. Sup. Ct. R. 18

(a) Counsel’s duty to notify the courts. Within 48 hours after learning of a scheduling conflict between the United States District Court for the District of Hawaiʻi and any Hawaiʻi state court, counsel shall notify the state and federal judges involved in order that they may confer and resolve the conflict.

(b) Resolution of scheduling conflicts. Upon being advised of a scheduling conflict, the judges involved shall, if necessary, confer personally or by telephone in an effort to resolve the conflict. While neither the U.S. District Court nor any Hawaiʻi state court has priority in scheduling, the following factors, which are not all inclusive, may be considered in resolving the conflict:

(1) Whether a case is criminal, with attendant speedy trial concerns, or civil;

(2) Whether out-of-town witnesses, parties, or counsel are scheduled to attend a case;

(3) Age of the cases;

(4) Which matter was set first;

(5) Any other factor which weighs in favor of one case over the other.

(Added July 30, 1990, effective September 1, 1990.)