Case Title: In re: Martin

Citation: 

Docket Number: SCPW-22-0000283

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2022-04-26T00:00:00Z

Document:
SCPW-22-0000283 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I IN RE KEAKA MARTIN, Petitioner ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (CASE NO. 3CPN-21-0000006) ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ.) Upon consideration of petitioner Keaka Martin’s petition for writ of mandamus, filed on April 19, 2022, and the record, petitioner fails to demonstrate he has a clear and indisputable right to the requested relief and that he lacks alternative means to seek relief. An extraordinary writ is thus not warranted. 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; such a writ is not intended to supersede the legal discretionary authority of the trial courts, cure a mere legal Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-22-0000283 26-APR-2022 01:26 PM Dkt. 5 ODDP error, or serve as a legal remedy in lieu of normal appellate procedures). Accordingly, It is ordered that the petition for writ of mandamus is denied. It is further ordered that the clerk of the appellate court shall process the petition for writ of mandamus without payment of the filing fee. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, April 26, 2022. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Michael D. Wilson /s/ Todd W. Eddins 2