Case Title: Pflueger v. Valenciano

Citation: 

Docket Number: 30045

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

Document:
No. 30045

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HANAI'I

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JAMES H. PFLUEGER, Petitioner,

  

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THE HONORABLE RANDAL G.B. VALENCIANO, JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAI'I; and

DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF HANAT‘L,
Respondents.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(CR. NO. 08-1-0280)

ORDER

(By: Moon, C.J., Nakayama and Duffy, JJ.; and

Acoba, J.” and Circuit Judge Hifo, in place of

Recktenwald, J., recused, Dissenting)

Upon consideration of the petition for a writ of
mandamus filed by petitioner James H. Pflueger and the papers in
Support, it appears that the denial of the disqualification of
the Attorney General as prosecutor in Cr. No. 08-1-0280 is
reviewable on a appeal from a judgment of conviction, should such
a judgment be entered in Cr. No, 081-0280, and petitioner fails
to demonstrate that immediate review of the disqualification
matter is necessary to prevent harm that cannot be remedied on
appeal. Therefore, petitioner is not entitled to mandamus
relief. 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.); Wong v. Fong, 60 Haw. 601, 604, 593 P.2d 386, 389

(1979) (a writ of mandamus will issue from the denial of
disqualification of counsel where irreparable and imnediate ham
would otherwise result); Chuck v. St, Paul Fire and Marine
Insurance Co., 61 Haw. $52, 560, 606 P.2d 1320, 1325-26 (1980) (a
weit of mandamus will issue from the disqualification of counsel
there the petitioner will be irreparably harmed by the delay
associated with the ordinary appellate process).
Accordingly,

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

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai't, october 30, 2009.

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