Title: Williams v. Rouse

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

SCPW-22-0000463 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I AARON WILLIAMS, Petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE JAMES R. ROUSE, Judge of the Family Court of the Second Circuit, State of Hawai#i, Respondent Judge, and ALENA WILLIAMS, Respondent. ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (CASE NO. 2DV211000420) ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS OR PROHIBITION (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ.) Upon consideration of Petitioner’s petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition, filed on July 29, 2022, the documents attached and submitted in support, and the record, Petitioner has not demonstrated a clear and indisputable right to relief. Petitioner has also not demonstrated that the respondent judge exceeded the court’s jurisdiction, committed a flagrant and manifest abuse of discretion, or refused to act on a matter properly before the court under circumstances in which the judge Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-22-0000463 19-SEP-2022 08:38 AM Dkt. 7 ODDP has a legal duty to act. Petitioner is thus not entitled to the requested extraordinary writs. See Kema v. Gaddis, 91 Hawai#i 200, 204, 982 P.2d 334, 338 (1999) (explaining that 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; such a writ is meant to restrain a judge who has exceeded the judge’s jurisdiction, has committed a flagrant and manifest abuse of discretion, or has refused to act on a subject properly before the court under circumstances in which the judge has a legal duty to act); Honolulu Advertiser, Inc. v. Takao, 59 Haw. 237, 241, 580 P.2d 58, 62 (1978) (a writ of prohibition “is an extraordinary remedy . . . to restrain a judge of an inferior court from acting beyond or in excess of [their] jurisdiction”). Accordingly, It is ordered that the petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition is denied. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, September 19, 2022. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Michael D. Wilson /s/ Todd W. Eddins 2