Title: In re: Donahue
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SCOT-23-0000559
State: Hawaii
Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court
Date: October 24, 2023

SCOT-23-0000559 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________ IN RE COCHRAN DONAHUE ________________________________________________________________ ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ORDER (By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, and Eddins, JJ., Circuit Judge Browning and Circuit Judge Crabtree, assigned by reason of vacancies) On October 2, 2023 an individual using the name Cochran Donahue submitted to the appellate clerk’s office documents for filing, along with a motion for permission to proceed in forma pauperis. We construe the submission as a petition for a writ of mandamus for a declaratory judgment, confirming the identity of the individual, directed at an unnamed public official. Upon review of the document, we conclude that it fails to demonstrate a clear and indisputable right to relief from this court. See State ex rel. Kaneshiro v. Huddy, 82 Hawaiʼi 188, 193, 921 P.2d 108, 113 (1996). We further conclude that the information Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCOT-23-0000559 24-OCT-2023 11:36 AM Dkt. 13 ORD 2 provided in the motion to proceed in forma pauperis, submitted under penalty of perjury, warrants granting the motion. Therefore, It is ordered that the motion to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The clerk shall waive the filing fee in this matter. It is further ordered that the petition for a writ of mandamus is denied. DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, October 24, 2023. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Todd W. Eddins /s/ R. Mark Browning /s/ Jeffrey P. Crabtree