Case Title: Quartero v. Ayabe

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Docket Number: SCPW-14-0001087

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2014-09-29T00:00:00Z

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Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-14-0001087 29-SEP-2014 09:55 AM SCPW-14-0001087 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I ROBERT QUARTERO, Petitioner, vs. BERT I. AYABE, Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawai'i, Respondent Judge, and WAIANAE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ASSOCIATION, by its Board of Directors; KEHAULANI QUARTERO; BANK OF HAWAII; and CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, Respondents. ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (CAAP-12-0000497; CAAP-13-0002711; CIV. NO. 11-1-2612-10) ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (By: Nakayama, acting C.J., McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ., and Circuit Judge Chan, in place of Recktenwald, C.J., recused) Upon consideration of Petitioner Robert Quartero’s document entitled “Petitioner’s Battery of Nine Petitions for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus; Motion to Expedite for Emergency Treatment & Emergency Extension to Submit a Reply Brief,” which was filed on August 27, 2014, and which we review as a petition for a writ of mandamus, the supplemental exhibits submitted in support thereof, and the record, it appears that Petitioner fails to demonstrate that he has a clear and indisputable right to the requested relief or that he lacks alternative means to seek relief. 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 appellate clerk shall process the petition for a writ of mandamus without payment of the filing fee. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that the petition for a writ of mandamus is denied. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, September 29, 2014. /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack /s/ Michael D. Wilson /s/ Derrick H.M. Chan 2