Title: Tierney v. Senda

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

LAW LIBRARY

no. 29245

MICHAEL C. TIERNEY, Petitioner,

 

‘THE HONORABLE TRUDY K.T. SENDA, JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT
COURT OF THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAI'T and
TRE HONORABLE PAULA MATAYOSHT, JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT
COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondents.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

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

 

Upon consideration of Michael Tierney’s June 26, 2008
letter to the supreme court, which is deemed @ petition for a
weit of mandamus, it appears that the relief sought fron the
supreme court may be sought from the district courts of the first
and fifth circuits. Therefore, petitioner is not entitled to
mandamus relief. See Kena v. Gaddis, 91 Hawai'i 200, 204, 982
P.2d 334, 338 (1999) (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
means 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 petitioner's letter as a petition for a writ of

mandamus without payment of the filing fee

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petition for a writ of

 

jamus is denied without prejudice to petitioner seeking relief

from the district courts of the first and fif

 

circuits,

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, guly 16, 2008.

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