Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
11-FEB-2020
02:11 PM
SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I
ERIC RICHARD ELESON, Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF HAWAI#I, Respondent.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)
Upon consideration of petitioner Eric Richard Eleson’s
petition for writ of habeas corpus, filed on January 29, 2020,
the documents attached thereto and submitted in support thereof,
and the record, it appears that petitioner presents no special
reason for this court to invoke its jurisdiction at this time.
See Oili v. Chang, 57 Haw. 411, 412, 557 P.2d 787, 788 (1976)
(the supreme court “will not exercise its original jurisdiction
in habeas corpus proceedings when relief is available in a lower
court and no special reason exists for invoking its
jurisdiction”). Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for writ of
habeas corpus is denied.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that the clerk of the
appellate court shall process the petition for writ of habeas
corpus without payment of the filing fee.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, February 11, 2020.
/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
/s/ Paula A. Nakayama
/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
/s/ Richard W. Pollack
/s/ Michael D. Wilson
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