Title: Clarke v. Waldorf

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

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ROBERT J. CLARKE, Petitioner,

 

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‘THE HONORABLE MARCIA J. WALDORF,
Judge of the First Circuit Court, Respondent.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(CR. NO. 06-3-1156)

‘ORDER
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Upon consideration of petitioner Robert J. Clarke's
December 5, 2006 letter to the Hawai'i Supreme Court, which is

deemed a petition for a writ of mandamus, it app

 

es that
petitioner seeks @ writ from the supreme court directing the
circuit court to impose certain conditions of hospitalization if
petitioner is ordered hospitalized at the Hawai'i State Hospital.
However, petitioner may request the conditions of hospitalization
from the circuit court if and when the circuit court orders
hospitalization and petitioner is not entitled to mandamus relief
from the supreme court. See Kena v, Gaddis, 91 Hawai'i 200, 204,
982 P.2d 334, 338 (1999) (A weit 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). Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the clerk shall file
petitioner's letter and accompanying documents, without payment

of the filing fees and costs, as a petition for writ of mandamus.

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S FURTHER ORDERED that the petition is denied. The

  

 

denial is without prejudice to any remedy petitioner has in the
circuit court

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, December 15, 2006.

Robert J. Clarke,
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