Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCPW-13-0003526
07-OCT-2013
08:03 AM
SCPW-13-0003526
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I
RICHARD BLAISDELL, Petitioner,
vs.
THE HONORABLE RHONDA A. NISHIMURA, Judge of the
Circuit Court of the First Circuit,
State of Hawai'i, Respondent Judge,
and
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(CIV. NO. 11-1-2008-09)
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.)
Upon consideration of petitioner Richard Blaisdell’s
petition for a writ of mandamus directed to a judge, which was
filed on September 24, 2013, the documents attached thereto and
submitted in support thereof, and the record, it appears that
petitioner can seek relief, as appropriate, in the circuit court
and by way of an appeal from a final judgment. Petitioner,
therefore, is not entitled to the requested writ of mandamus.
See Kema v. Gaddis, 91 Hawai'i 200, 204-05, 982 P.2d 334, 338-39
(1999) (a writ of mandamus is an extraordinary remedy that will
not issue unless the petitioner demonstrates a clear and
indisputable right to relief and a lack of alternative means to
redress adequately the alleged wrong or obtain the requested
action). Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for a writ of
mandamus is denied.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, October 7, 2013.
/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
/s/ Paula A. Nakayama
/s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.
/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
/s/ Richard W. Pollack
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