Title: Tierney v. Matsuoka
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000656
State: Hawaii
Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court
Date: May 31, 2013

SCPW-13-0000656 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I MICHAEL C. TIERNEY, Petitioner, vs. BERT Y. MATSUOKA, JOYCE MATSUMORI-HOSHIJO, MICHAEL C. TOWN, ANNELLE C. AMARAL, FITUINA F. TUA, OF THE HAWAI#I PAROLING AUTHORITY, Respondents. ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.) Upon consideration of petitioner Michael C. Tierney’s petition for a writ of mandamus, which was filed on May 3, 2013, the document attached thereto and submitted in support thereof, and the record, it appears that petitioner fails to demonstrate that the Hawai#i Paroling Authority owes him a duty to discharge him from his sentence and provide him with cash, clothes, welfare, medical, food stamps, housing, a bus pass and all other state funded benefits. See HRS § 706-670(4) (1993) (the granting of parole is within the discretion of the HPA and is not a ministerial duty subject to mandamus relief). Petitioner, Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-13-0000656 30-MAY-2013 10:58 AM therefore, 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 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); In re Disciplinary Bd. of Hawai#i Supreme Court, 91 Hawai#i 363, 368, 984 P.2d 688, 693 (1999) (mandamus relief is available to compel an official to perform a duty allegedly owed to an individual only if the individual’s claim is clear and certain, the official’s duty is ministerial and so plainly prescribed as to be free from doubt, and no other remedy is available). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for a writ of mandamus is denied. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, May 30, 2013. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack 2