Case Title: Campbell v. Hawaii Community Correctional Center

Citation: 

Docket Number: 

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2008-08-07T00:00:00Z

Document:
no. 29292

   

HAWAII COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER, Respond

Iv THE SUPREME cour? oF THe stare oF samargl = &
DENNIS L. CAMPBELL, Petitioner, Sal a

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ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
ORDER

Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.)

   

Upon consideration of Dennis 1, Campbell’s July 21,

2008 papers to the supreme court, which is dé

 

ed a petition for

a writ of mandamus, it appears that petitioner fails to

 

demonstrate that he sought and was denied relief from the
director of public safety. Therefore, petitioner is not entitled
to mandamus relief. See in Re Disciplinary Bd, of iiawaii Suprene
Court, 91 Hawai'i 363, 368, 984 P.2d 688, 693 (1999) (Mandamus
relief is available to compel an official to perform a duty
allegedly owed to an individual only if the individual's claim is
clear and certain, the official’s duty is ministerial and so
plainly prescribed as to be free from doubt, and no other remedy
is available.). Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the clerk of the appellate
court shall file petitioner's papers as a petition for a writ of
mandamus without payment of the filing fee.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petition for a writ of
mandamus is denied without prejudice to petitioner seeking relief

from the director of public safety.

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IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that the petitioner’s request for
permission from this court to file a lawsuit against the State of
the Hawai'i is denied as unnecessary inasmuch as such permission
is not required by law.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, August 7, 2008.

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