Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCPW-13-0000054
25-FEB-2013
01:39 PM
SCPW-13-0000054
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I
CLYDE MITSURU HAYAKAWA, Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF HAWAI#I, Respondent.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(S.P.P. NO. 11-1-0033; CR. NO. 08-1-1927)
ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE
PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.)
Upon review of petitioner Clyde Mitsuru Hayakawa’s
document entitled “Habeas Corpus”, filed on January 29, 2013,
which we treat as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and the
record, it appears that the relief sought by petitioner is not
the appropriate subject of a petition for a writ of habeas
corpus. Petitioner has alternative forums within which to seek
relief and fails to present any special reason for invoking the
supreme court’s original jurisdiction. 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”).
Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for a writ of habeas
corpus is denied without prejudice to any filings, as
appropriate, in circuit court.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, February 25, 2013.
/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
/s/ Paula A. Nakayama
/s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.
/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
/s/ Richard W. Pollack