Title: Farrow v. Perkins
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 24720
State: Hawaii
Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court
Date: December 7, 2001

NO. 24720 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI » I _________________________________________________________________ WENDY FARROW aka WENDI FARROW, Petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE RICHARD K. PERKINS, JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT, Respondent, and DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, STATE OF HAWAI » I, Real-Party-In-Interest. _________________________________________________________________ APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (Cr. No. 00-1-166K) ORDER (By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Ramil, and Acoba, JJ.) Upon consideration of Petitioner Wendy Farrow  s application for a writ of mandamus, the papers in support, and the records and files herein, it appears that: (1) Petitioner is seeking review of the respondent judge  s order granting the Director of Health  s motion for an order authorizing the administration of involuntary medication in State v. Farrow, Cr. No. 00-1-166K; (2) Petitioner filed a notice of appeal, which was docketed as Appeal No. 24473, from the appealable order authorizing involuntary medication, see State v. Kotis, 91 Hawai » i 319, 984 P.2d 78 (1999); and (3) a writ of mandamus is not meant to serve as a legal remedy in lieu of normal appellate procedures. State v. Hamili, 87 Hawai » i 102, 952 P.2d 390 (1998). Therefore, 2 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the application for a writ of mandamus is denied without prejudice to Petitioner raising any issues in the pending appeal. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai » i, December 7, 2001.