Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCPW-15-0000004
10-FEB-2015
02:05 PM
SCPW-15-0000004
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I
EILEEN SHAVELSON, Petitioner,
vs.
THE HONORABLE CRAIG NAKAMURA, CHIEF JUDGE OF THE INTERMEDIATE
COURT OF APPEALS, STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent Judge,
and
KITAAMI, JEFFREY HIRANAKA, HARVEY HIRANAKA, and
MRS. MILTON (ANNA) HIRANAKA, Respondents.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(CAAP-14-0001245; CAAP-13-0002205; CIVIL NO. 13-1-0137)
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)
Upon consideration of Petitioner Eileen Shavelson’s
petition for a writ of mandamus, filed on January 5, 2015, the
documents attached thereto and submitted in support thereof, and
the record, it appears that Petitioner fails to demonstrate that
the judges have not administered justice “speedily and properly”
inasmuch as the Intermediate Court of Appeals considered CAAP-13
0002205 and CAAP-14-0001245, and recently dismissed the appeals
for lack of jurisdiction. Petitioner, therefore, is not entitled
to the requested writ of mandamus. See Kema v. Gaddis, 91
Hawai'i 200, 204, 982 P.2d 334, 338 (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, February 10, 2015.
/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
/s/ Paula A. Nakayama
/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
/s/ Richard W. Pollack
/s/ Michael D. Wilson
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