Original sentence: " The attorney representing Maui County stated during the hearing that a lack of water was never an issue during the wildfires.Fema provided clarification for the one-time $700 federal payments given to residents as relief money after people responded that it wasn't enough to help the residents.On August 9, 2023 a deputy attorney general representing the Board of Land and Natural Resources filed a petition for a writ of mandamus to the Hawai'i Supreme Court, alleging that a  Hawaii circuit court judge's rulings regarding private water usage had restricted the amount of water available to fight the fires.The Supreme Court denied the petition.This claim was disputed by the responding Sierra Club, who requested the Supreme Court to sanction the Attorney General for filing the petition under "false pretenses
Edited sentence: , filed a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus to the Hawai'i Supreme Court, alleging that the Hawaii environmental court's rulings regarding private water usage had also restricted the amount of water available to fight the fires.Fema provided clarification for the one-time $700 federal payments given to residents as relief money after people responded that it wasn't enough to help the residents, with some comparing it to the significantly greater aid given to Ukraine in its ongoing war against Russia.On August 9, 2023 a Deputy Attorney General representing the Board of Land and Natural Resources and a real-estate development company, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.The Supreme Court summarily denied the Petition on August 24, 2023, only one day after holding oral arguments on the Petition.The claim was itself contradicted by the attorney representing Maui County, who made it clear that a lack of water was never an issue during the wildfires.This claim was heavily challenged by the Supreme Court and the responding Sierra Club, who urged the Supreme Court to sanction the Deputy Attorney General who had made the filing