Title: Blaisdell v. Department of Public Safety

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

xo. 29527

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

RICHARD BLAISDELL, Petitioner,

vs. E

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Respondent 3

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ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

(ay: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Rekeyama, Acoba, and Dud, 398
Upon consideration of Richard Blaisdell's papers dated
Novenber 23, 2008 and styled “notion for certification of federal
question," it appears that the papers seek release trom
confinement alleged to be Sllegel, an injunction against
retention of personal property, and "certification of federsi
questions." Having considered the papere and the relief
requested,

IT 15 HEREBY ORDERED that the clerk of the appellate
court shall £416 the Novenber 23, 2008 papers without payment of
the filing fees.

TP 1S FURTHER ORDERED that the request for release fron
confinenent {9 denied without prejudice to seeking habeas corpus
relict in the circuit court pursuant to HRS § 660-3 (1993). Sea
Oui ¥. Chang, 57 Haw. $11, $12, 567 P.24 767, 788 (1976) (The
suprene court will not exercise ite original jurisdiction in

habeas corpus proceedings when relief is available in a lower

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court and no special reason exits for invoking the supreme
court's jurisdiction.).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the request for an
injunction against retention of personal property is denied. see
Kema_v. Gaddis, 91 Hawai'i 200, 204, 982 P.2d 334, 338 (1999) (A
writ of prohibition is an extraordinary remedy that will not

issue unless the petitioner demonstrat

 

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

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IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that the requ
"certification of federal questions” is dismissed. See HRAP 13

(The supreme court may answer a question certified to the supreme
court by a federal district court or a federal appellate court.).

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, December 19, 2008

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