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Within days of the announcement that Kamehameha Schools had settled a case challenging its admission policies, an attorney was already soliciting plaintiffs for a new lawsuit covering the same ground. Richard Rowland, president of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, forwarded the solicitation to others.

I don’t know anything about David Rosen beyond the letters to the editor he has written attacking Kamehameha and Hawaiian preferences generally, but he’s running with a crowd that no one would accuse of being friends of the Hawaiian community.

Here’s the email solicitation that’s been circulating.

May 18, 2007

Dear (name withheld),

David Rosen has asked our help with finding plaintiffs for his
lawsuit. His request below explains it fully. If you are interested,
call him.

If you know anyone else who might be interested, please forward this to them.

Warm regards,

Richard O. Rowland, President
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
1314 S. King Street Suite 1163
Honolulu, HI 96814
Tel: 808.591.9193 Fax: 808.356.1690
Cell: 808.864.1776

—–Original Message—–
From: RosenLaw [mailto:rosenlaw@hawaii.rr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 9:59 AM
To: hwburgess@hawaii.rr.com; dick@grassrootinstitute.org
Subject: Request for Plaintiffs

Bill and Dick:
As we discussed, I am attempting to put together a group of
plaintiffs to bring an action challenging Kamehameha Schools?
race-based admissions policy. The lawsuit will be identical to the
John Doe lawsuit that was recently settled. I hope to have a group of
at least 10-20 plaintiffs prior to filing the lawsuit.

The new lawsuit will be brought as a John and Jane Doe action and the
identity of all of the plaintiffs will be kept extremely confidential;
identities will be disclosed only to the presiding judge and possibly
opposing counsel subject to a protective order. Interested plaintiffs
and/or their parents may contact me directly. I will not disclose
their identity to anyone without their prior consent. There will be
absolutely no cost to the Plaintiffs.

To be a plaintiff, a party must either be or have a school aged child
(i.e., 4-16 years old), must live in Hawaii, and must have the intent
to attend the Kamehameha Schools if accepted. It may also be necessary
to apply for admission to Kamehameha Schools, although this need not
have been already done.

Thank you for your assistance.

David B. Rosen, Esq.
Law Office of David B. Rosen, a law corporation
Pacific Guardian Center
Makai Tower , Suite 2357
733 Bishop Street, Honolulu, HI 96813