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Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 14-SEP-2026 02:05 PM SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX Dkt. 43 OGAC IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________ DONALD B. MARKS, Petitioner/Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Respondent-Appellee. ________________________________________________________________ CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CASE NOS. 1CPN-XX-XXXXXXX and 1PC021002410) ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: McKenna, Acting C.J., Eddins, and Ginoza, JJ., Circuit Judge DeWeese, in place of Devens, C.J., recused, and Circuit Judge Kubota, assigned by reason of vacancy) Pursuant to this court’s discretion set forth in Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes (“HRS”) § 602-59(a), Petitioner’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on July 16, 2026, is hereby accepted and oral argument will be scheduled. The parties will be notified by the appellate clerk regarding scheduling. Under Hawaiʻi Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 40.1, this court “may limit the question on review.” Here, the parties shall limit oral argument to whether Hawaiʻi’s statutory sentencing scheme under HRS §§ 706-656 and 706-669 violates the separation of powers doctrine, i.e., whether the Hawaiʻi Paroling Authority’s (“HPA”) authority in general and to determine a convicted defendant’s minimum term of imprisonment violates the separation of powers doctrine as well as other provisions of the U.S. and the Hawaiʻi Constitution as argued by the petitioner. DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, September 14, 2026. /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Todd W. Eddins /s/ Lisa M. Ginoza /s/ Wendy M. DeWeese /s/ Peter K. Kubota