Haw. Sup. Ct. Order: order466a

Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCMF-21-0000065

01-FEB-2022

02:22 PM

Dkt. 3 ORD

SCMF-21-0000065

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

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In the Matter of the

TENANT-ADVOCATE PILOT PROJECT, FIRST CIRCUIT

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ORDER GRANTING A ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF

THE TENANT-ADVOCATE PILOT PROJECT IN THE FIRST CIRCUIT

(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Wilson and Eddins, JJ.)

Upon consideration of the report submitted to this

court by the Access to Justice Commission, by letter dated

January 19, 2022, requesting an extension of the Tenant-Advocate

Pilot Project for the First Circuit,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the request is granted. The

Tenant-Advocate Pilot Project for the First Circuit is extended

for another year, to expire on February 11, 2023, unless further

extended or made permanent by order of this court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Legal Aid Society of

Hawaiʻi shall submit, within nine months of the entry date of

this order, a report to the Access to Justice Commission

regarding the performance of the Pilot Project, and the Access

to Justice Commission shall submit to this court, within two

months thereafter, a report addressing the project’s viability

and feasibility, as well as a recommendation regarding the long-term fate of the project. The Commission, however, may request

an extension of this deadline for good cause.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, February 1, 2022.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Michael D. Wilson

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

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