Case Title: Blaisdell v. Trader

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State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2009-07-07T00:00:00Z

Document:
No. 29895

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAT

RICHARD BLAISDELL, Petitioner,

 

‘THE HONORABLE ROM A. TRADER, JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAT'I, Respondent

 

 

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(CIVIL NO. 04-1-1455)

(y: Moon, C.J., Nakayama, AGoENS Dufty, and Recktenwald, 3.)

Upon consideration of the petition for a writ of
nandanus filed by petitioner Richard Blaisdel! and the papers in
support, Lt appears that: (2) relief from the Nay 22, 2008
judgment entered sn Civit Ho. 041-1455 is available to
petitioner in the cizcult court pursuant to HRCP 60(b) and (2)
relief from respondent as presiding Judge in Civil No, 4-1-1455
1s available to petitioner in the circuit court pursuant to HRS §
601-7 (1993 and Supp. 2008). Therefore, petitioner 1s not
entitled to extraordinary relief. See Kema v. Gaddis, 91 Hawai‘
200, 204, 982 P.2d 334, 338 (1999) (A writ of mandamus is an
extraordinary renedy 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
cbtain the requested action.)

Tt further appears that Lssuance of a declaratory

judgment on the constitutionality of Act 75, 26th Leg., Reg.

  
  

  

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Sess. (2009) is not within the original jurisdiction of the
suprene court. See HRS $$ 602-5 (Supp. 2008) and 632-1 (1993).
Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for a writ of
mandamus is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, July 7, 2009.

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