Case Title: Gonda v. Chang

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Docket Number: SCPW-12-0000712

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2012-08-23T00:00:00Z

Document:
NO. SCPW-12-0000712 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I JUSTIN GONDA, Petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE GARY W.B. CHANG, JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAI#I, Respondent. ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (CIV. NO. 1CC12-1-000692) ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.) Upon consideration of petitioner Justin Gonda’s August 13, 2012 petition for a writ of mandamus, the documents in support and the record, it appears that petitioner fails to demonstrate a clear and indisputable right to relief. Petitioner, therefore, is not entitled to mandamus relief. See Kema v. Gaddis, 91 Hawai#i 200, 204-05, 982 P.2d 334, 338-39 (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 Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-12-0000712 23-AUG-2012 11:22 AM 2 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 for a writ of mandamus is denied. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, August 23, 2012. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack