Case Title: Rutledge v. Department of Public Safety, State of Hawaii

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Docket Number: 

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2008-06-13T00:00:00Z

Document:
no. 29200

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HANAI'I

 

LINCOLN RUTLEDGE, Petitioner, 3
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, =
STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent. °
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING 2

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ORDER
(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.)

Upon consideration of Lincoln Rutledge's letter to the
supreme court, which is deemed a petition for a writ of habeas
corpus, it appears that habeas corpus relief is available to
petitioner in the circuit court and petitioner presents no
special reason for invoking the supreme court’s original

jurisdiction. See Oi2i v. Chang, $7 Haw. S11, $12, $87 P.2d 787,

788 (1976). Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the clerk of the appellate

court shall file petitioner's letter as a petition for a writ of

habeas corpus without payment of the filing fee.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that petition for a writ of
habeas corpus is denied without prejudice to seeking habeas
corpus relief in the circuit court.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, dune 13, 2008,

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