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C <br /> (3) The deadline for filing the Notice of Appeal, including two additional days for <br /> mailing, pursuant to Rule 6(e), HRCP, was November 21, 2007 (R:CV07-1-261K Doc. 008 at <br /> 722; SR: CV07-1-261K T001 at 9); and . <br /> (4) The Notice of Appeal was not file-stamped by the office of the clerk of the circuit <br /> court until four days after receipt by the clerk of the circuit court on November 23, 2007, <br /> (R:CV07-1-261K Doc. 008 at 722; SR: CV07-1-261K T001 at 9). <br /> Applying the general rule stated in Houston, and observed by the Hawaii Supreme Court <br /> in Setala, to the foregoing facts,the Notice of Appeal was timely filed on November 19, 2007 <br /> when it was received by the office of the clerk of the circuit court, which was two days prior to <br /> the date it was actually due. Although the Circuit Court was hesitant to make such a <br /> determination, the Circuit Court did unequivocally find that the Notice of Appeal was timely <br /> filed because the clerk had two days prior to the expiration of the deadline to file-stamp the <br /> Notice of Appeal and did not do so until November 23, 2007. (SR: CV07-1-261K T001 at 20.) <br /> The court considered the Director's right to appeal and the time under which the Notice of Appeal <br /> was provided to the clerles office and determined that but for the"omission or unintended act of <br /> the Courts clerk;'the Notice of Appeal would have been"clearly valid" <br /> (SR: CV07-1-261K T001 at 20.) Because the Circuit Court found that the Notice of Appeal <br /> was timely filed, it properly dismissed Appellants Jin and Lds Motion to Dismiss Appeal. <br /> 3. The Circuit Court Properly Exercised Its Inherent Power to Correct <br /> The Record to Reflect the Timely Filing of the Notice of Appeal <br /> Rule 60(a), HRCP, allows the court to correct clerical errors, which provides in pertinent <br /> part that: <br /> Clerical mistakes in judgments, orders or other parts of the record and errors <br /> therein arising from oversight or omission may be corrected by the court at any <br /> time of its own initiative or on the motion of any party and after such notice, if <br /> any, as the court orders. <br /> 16 <br /> 1 <br />