Title: State v. Slavick
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0002083
State: Hawaii
Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court
Date: August 13, 2013

SCPW-13-0002083 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I STATE OF HAWAI#I, Respondent, vs. CHRIS SLAVICK, Petitioner. ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (Cr. No. 04-1-001534) ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.) Upon consideration of petitioner Christopher Lee Slavick’s letter to the supreme court, which was filed on July 17, 2013, and which we review as a petition for a writ of mandamus, and the record, it appears that petitioner’s request is not the proper subject of a writ of mandamus. Petitioner, nevertheless, has alternative means to obtain the requested 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 Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-13-0002083 13-AUG-2013 02:10 PM action). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the clerk of the appellate court shall process the petition for a writ of mandamus without payment of the filing fee. IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that the petition for a writ of mandamus is denied without prejudice. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, August 13, 2013. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack