Case Title: Blaisdell v. Department of Public Safety

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State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2009-08-03T00:00:00Z

Document:
NO. 30170
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I
                                                                 
RICHARD BLAISDELL, Petitioner,
vs.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, STATE OF HAWAI#I, Respondent.
                                                                 
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(SPP NO. 08-1-0041)
ORDER
(By: Moon, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, Duffy, and Recktenwald, JJ.)
Upon consideration of the petition for a writ of
mandamus filed by petitioner Richard Blaisdell and the papers in
support, it appears that petitioner fails to demonstrate a clear
and indisputable right to relief.  Therefore, petitioner is not
entitled to mandamus relief.  See HRS § 602-5(3) (Supp. 2008)
(The supreme court has jurisdiction and power to issue writs of
mandamus directed to public officers to compel them to fulfill
the duties of their offices.); In Re Disciplinary Bd. Of Hawaii
Supreme 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.).  
It further appears that issuance of a declaratory
judgment is not within the original jurisdiction of the supreme 
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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, December 14, 2009.