City and County of Honolulu v. Bennett

This is an appeal by Abraham K. McAulton, an intervenor below, from orders denying a motion for relief from judgment under Rule 60, Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure (HRCP), and denying reconsideration thereof.

Contrary to the requirements of Rule 7(a) of the Rules of the Circuit Court (RCC), neither motion specified the grounds therefor and neither was accompanied by a memorandum of law in support thereof. The motion for relief was filed on the 364th day following the entry of judgment and neither it nor the later motion for reconsideration specified which of the several grounds for relief set…