Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCPW-12-0000797
05-OCT-2012
12:50 PM
NO. SCPW-12-0000797
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I
CLIFTON M. HASEGAWA, Petitioner,
vs.
DAVID M. LOUIE, in his official capacity as Attorney
General of the State of Hawai'i; JOHN F. MOLAY, in his official
capacity as Deputy Attorney General, State of Hawai'i,
and CARON M. INAGAKI, in her official capacity as Deputy Attorney
General, State of Hawai'i, Respondents.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.)
Upon consideration of petitioner Clifton Hasegawa’s
August 29, 2012 e-mail to the Chief Justice, which was filed as a
petition for a writ of mandamus on September 19, 2012, and the
record, it appears that petitioner fails to demonstrate a clear
and indisputable right to relief and a lack of alternative means
to redress adequately the alleged wrong or obtain the requested
action. Petitioner, therefore, is not entitled to mandamus
relief. 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 clerk of the appellate
court shall process the petition for a writ mandamus without
payment of the filing fee.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petition is denied.
IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that petitioner is directed to
comply with the applicable court rules for filing documents in
this court. This court will not file any further documents
submitted by petitioner by e-mail.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, October 5, 2012.
/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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