Case Title: Williams v. Circuit Court of the First Circuit

Citation: 

Docket Number: 

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

Document:
no. 28851

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAT'T

 

DAVID V. WILLIAMS, JR., Petitioner,

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT, Respondent.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING 2

(ey: Moon, ¢.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, 0d.)
Upon consideration of David V. Williams, Jr.'s

october 22, 2007 motion for appointment of counsel and tor an
evidentiary hearing and the Novenber 5, 2007 supplemental papers,
which axe deemed @ petition for a wist of mandamus, St appears
that the matters of whether counsel should be appointed and
whether an evidentiary hearing should be granted in SPP tos.
071-0006 and 07-1-0007 is for the determination of the cixcust
court pursuant to HRPP 40(£) and 40(1). ‘The circuit court's
determination of those matters is reviewable on appeal fzom any
judgnents that may be entered against petitioner in SPP Nos.
071-0006 and 071-0007 and petitioner will have # renedy by way
of appeal. Therefore, petitioner is not entitled to a writ of

mandamus. See Kema v. Gaddis, 91 Hawai'i 200, 204, 982 P.2d 334,

 

338 (2999) (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 neans to
redress adequately the alleged wrong or obtain the requested

action.). Accordingly,

 
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the clerk of the appellate

 

court shall file the October 22, 2007 and November 5, 2007 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.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, November 16, 2007.