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*** NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST’S HAWAI‘I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER *** Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCAP-XX-XXXXXXX 28-AUG-2026 10:34 AM Dkt. 48 SO SCAP-XX-XXXXXXX IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________ TREVOR R. OZAWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. CHADD KADOTA, in his official capacity as Acting City Clerk of the City and County of Honolulu; SCOTT T. NAGO, in his official capacity as Chief Election Officer of the State of Hawaiʻi, Defendants-Appellees, and THOMAS WATERS a/k/a TOMMY WATERS, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________________________________________________ APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CASE NO. 1CCV-XX-XXXXXXX) SUMMARY DISPOSITION ORDER (By: McKenna, Acting C.J., and Ginoza, J., and Circuit Judge Soong, in place of Devens, C.J., recused, Circuit Judge Cahill, in place of Eddins, J., recused, and Circuit Judge Kubota, assigned by reason of vacancy) Defendant-Appellant Thomas Waters a/k/a Tommy Waters appeals from the Circuit Court of the First Circuit’s (Circuit *** NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST’S HAWAI‘I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER *** Court) July 29, 2026 “Order (1) Denying Defendant Thomas Waters’s a/k/a Tommy Waters Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff Trevor R. Ozawa’s Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief; (2) Denying Defendant Chadd Kadota’s Motion for Partial Joinder and (3) Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment” (July 29, 2026 Order) and July 29, 2026 Final Judgment. For the reasons set forth in this court’s opinion filed August 28, 2026, in SCEC-XX-XXXXXXX, we vacate the Circuit Court’s July 29, 2026 Order and July 29, 2026 Final Judgment and dismiss this case. DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, August 28, 2026. Joseph A. Stewart /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna Lex R. Smith Bruce A. Nakamura /s/ Lisa M. Ginoza Zachary K. Shikada for appellant /s/ Michael K. Soong Thomas Waters /s/ Peter T. Cahill Deirdre Marie-Iha Matthew D. Ezer /s/ Peter K. Kubota Kellie K. L. Wong for appellee Trevor R. Ozawa Jung Min Lee Aaron H. Schulaner for appellee Scott Nago Duane W. H. Pang Jacqueline M. De Leeuw Huang for appellee Chadd Kadota 2