U.S. Bank National Association v. Pasion

── U.S. Bank National Association v. Pasion ── Court: Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals Date: June 05, 2026 Category: General NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI‘I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER Electronically Filed Intermediate Court of Appeals CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX 05-JUN-2026 08:07 AM Dkt. 78 SO NO. CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST 2006-RM1, ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-RM1, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DIONISIO P. PASION; DIONISIO PALACIO PASION, TRUSTEE OF THE DIONISIO AND ANGELITA PASION TRUST, AN UNRECORDED REVOCABLE TRUST DATED AUGUST 9, 2006; ANGELITA M. PASION; ANGELITA MIGUEL PASION, TRUSTEE OF THE DIONISIO AND ANGELITA PASION TRUST, AN UNRECORDED REVOCABLE TRUST DATED AUGUST 9, 2006, Defendants- Appellants; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee, and JOHN DOES 1-50; JANE DOES 1-50; DOE PARTNERSHIPS 1-50; DOE CORPORATIONS 1-50; DOE ENTITIES 1-50; and DOE GOVERNMENTAL UNITS 1-50, Defendants APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT (CASE NO. 1CC121003044) SUMMARY DISPOSITION ORDER (By: Nakasone, Chief Judge, Wadsworth and Guidry, JJ.) This is a judicial foreclosure case. Self-represented Defendants-Appellants Dionisio P. Pasion and Angelita M. Pasion (the Pasions), Dionisio Palacio Pasion, Trustee of the Dionisio and Angelita Pasion Trust, an Unrecorded Revocable Trust Dated  NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI‘I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER August 9, 2006, and Angelita Miguel Pasion, Trustee of the Dionisio and Angelita Pasion Trust, an Unrecorded Revocable Trust Dated August 9, 2006 (collectively, the Appellants), 1 appeal from the Circuit Court of the First Circuit's (circuit court) 2: (1) April 5, 2024 "Findings of Fact; Conclusions of Law; Order Granting [Plaintiff-Appellee U.S. Bank National Association, a National Association, as Trustee for J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Trust 2006-RM1, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-RM1's (U.S. Bank)] Motion for Summary Judgment, and for Interlocutory Decree of Foreclosure Against All Parties, Filed December 7, 2022" (Foreclosure Order); and (2) April 5, 2024 Judgment. The summary judgment record reflects that Appellants owned real estate in Honolulu (the Property). In May 2006, the Pasions executed a $500,000 promissory note (Note) in favor of ResMAE Mortgage Corporation. The Note was secured with a mortgage on the Property (the Mortgage), and endorsed in blank. U.S. Bank subsequently acquired the Note. The Pasions defaulted on the Note in February 2011, failed to timely cure the default, and U.S. Bank filed a Complaint for Foreclosure (the Complaint) on December 4, 2012. 1 Appellants were represented by counsel below, and are self- represented on appeal. 2 The Honorable Kevin T. Morikone presided. 2  NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI‘I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER U.S. Bank filed its operative third Motion for Summary Judgment on December 7, 2022. The circuit court granted U.S. Bank's Motion for Summary Judgment, and entered Judgment. On appeal, Appellants raise three points of error, contending that the circuit court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of U.S. Bank because U.S. Bank: (1) "lacked standing to foreclose"; (2) "failed to submit a clear, readable and reliable loan general ledger" su