Title: Karagianes v. Department of Public Safety, State of Hawaii

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

LAW LIBRARY

No, 29783
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

 

  
   
 
 
  

GARY KARAGIANES, Petitioner,

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, STATE OF HAWAI'I,

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ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(By: Moon, Cud., Nakayama, Reobs, and Duffy, 39. and
Circuit Judge Hirai, assigned by reason of vacancy}

Upon consideration of the petition for a writ of
mandanus filed by petitioner Gary Karagianes and the papers in
Support, it appears that petitioner seeks mandamus relief against
respondent by asserting that respondent unlawfully denied
petitioner access to trust account funds needed for appellate
expenses in No. 29572. However, respondent’s March 11, 2009
response to petitioner's request to access funds for No. 29572
advised petitioner that an itemized request was required and

requested that petitioner resubmit his request in itemized form.

 

Respondent’ request for resubmission was not a denial of
petitioner's request to access funds for No, 29872. Petitioner
resubmitted his request in itemized form on March 17, 2009 and
petitioner provides no evidence that respondent denied the

March 17, 2009 itemized request. Absent such evidence,
petitioner fails to demonstrate a clear and indisputable right to
relief. Consequently, petitioner is not entitled to mandamus
relief. See Kema 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 denonstrates a clear and
indisputable right to relief and a lack of other means to redress
adequately the alleged wrong or obtain the requested action.).
Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for a writ of
mandamus is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'l, May 14, 2009.