Case Title: Ji v. Gangnes

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State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2016-05-05T00:00:00Z

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SCPW-16-0000322 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I SEONG HO JI and GX AUTO, INC., Petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE HILARY BENSON GANGNES, Judge of the District Court of the First Circuit, Honolulu Division, State of Hawai#i, Respondent Judge and KAALAWAI HOLDINGS LLC dba UNITED TRUCK RENTAL and SIONE VIMAHI aka SIONE VINMAHI, Respondents. ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (CIV. No. 1RC15-1-7933) ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS AND/OR PROHIBITION (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.) Upon consideration of Petitioner Seong Ho Ji and GX Auto, Inc.’s petition for writ of mandamus and/or prohibition, filed April 7, 2016, the documents attached thereto and submitted in support thereof, and the record, it appears that petitioners fail to demonstrate that they have a clear and indisputable right to the requested relief or that they lack alternative means to seek relief. Petitioners, therefore, are not entitled to an Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-16-0000322 04-MAY-2016 08:51 AM extraordinary writ. 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); Honolulu Advertiser, Inc. v. Takao, 59 Haw. 237, 241, 580 P.2d 58, 62 (1978) (a writ of mandamus and a writ of prohibition are extraordinary remedies meant to, among other things, restrain a judge of an inferior court from acting beyond or in excess of his or her jurisdiction; they are not intended to supersede the legal discretionary authority of the trial courts, cure a mere legal error, or serve as a legal remedy in lieu of normal appellate procedure). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for writ of mandamus and/or prohibition is denied. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, May 4, 2016. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack /s/ Michael D. Wilson 2