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Following the ruling against Kamehameha Schools last week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to force the school to admit a non-Hawaiian student right away.

A federal appeals court denied a request yesterday to compel Kamehameha Schools to admit a non-Hawaiian 12th-grader this year, pending his challenge to the school’s Hawaiians-only admissions policy.

Eric Grant, a Sacramento, Calif., attorney representing the unidentified student known as “John Doe” in the case Doe v. Kamehameha, filed a motion last week asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to admit John Doe to the school while the case is being appealed.

“We sincerely hoped the court would voluntarily agree to let him in while this is being appealed, which is a lengthy process. It’s no skin off their teeth, but it’s a very serious matter for him,” said John Goemans, a Big Island attorney who is working with Grant.

While yesterday’s decision has direct consequences for the education of John Doe, who would also like to be eligible for Kamehameha’s scholarships for college and graduate school that cap at $10,000 a year, the decision could also affect the far larger issues of constitutionality of the admission policy.

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