Case Title: Jardine v. Read

Citation: 

Docket Number: 28804

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2007-11-19T00:00:00Z

Document:
LAW LIBRAF

No, 26804

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAT'T

 

ALVIN JARDINE, Petitioner,
THOMAS L. READ, Administrator, Offender Management,

Department of Public Safety; NETTIE SIMMONS, Offender
Management, Department of Public Safety, Respondents.

 

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

(By: Moon, C.d., Levinson, Rakajama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.)
Upon consideration of the petition for a writ of
mandamus end/or prohibition by petitioner Alvin Jardine and the
papers in support, 1¢ appears that (1) petitioner fails to
denonstrate that his maxinun tern release date, as computed by
the Department of Public Safety on June 28, 2007, is not
commensurate with the maximum term of imprisonment imposed by the
eiroutt court, and (2) petitioner's challenge of his maximim term
release date as not conensurate with the maximum term of
Smprisonnent imposed by the circuit court is @ challenge to the
legality of petitioner's custody for which relief is available
from the circuit court pursuant HRPP Rule 40 (cf. Widldanson ve
Havai'4 Paroling Auth, 97 Howai's 163, 187, 35 P.3d 210, 214
(2001)). Therefore, petitioner is not entitled to a writ of
mandamus or prohibition. See Kena v, Gaddia, 91 Hawai'i 200,
204, 962 P.2d 394, 338 (1999) (A writ of mandamus or prohibition

is an extraordinary remedy that will not 4

 

sue unless the

petitioner demonstrates a clear and indisputable right to relief
and @ lack of alternative means to redress adequately the alleged
wrong or obtain the requested action.). Accordingly,

IT TS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for a writ of
mandamus and/or prohibition is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, November 19, 2007.