Title: Gonsalves v. Frank
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SCPW-10-0000127
State: Hawaii
Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court
Date: November 17, 2010

NO. SCPW-10-0000127 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I RAYMOND GONSALVES, Petitioner, vs. CLAYTON FRANK, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, STATE OF HAWAI#I, Respondent. ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ORDER (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ., and Circuit Judge Trader, assigned by reason of vacancy) Upon consideration of petitioner Raymond Gonsalves' petition for a writ of mandamus and the papers in support, it appears that petitioner fails to demonstrate a clear and indisputable right to relief. Therefore, petitioner is not entitled to extraordinary relief. See HRS § 602-5(3) (2009) ("The supreme court shall have jurisdiction and power . . . [t]o exercise original jurisdiction in all questions . . . arising under writs of mandamus directed to public officers to compel them to fulfill the duties of their offices[.]”); 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 Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-10-0000127 17-NOV-2010 03:15 PM and a lack of alternative means to redress adequately the alleged wrong or obtain the requested action.). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for a writ of mandamus is denied. The request to submit additional exhibits is also denied. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, November 17, 2010. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. /s/ James E. Duffy, Jr. /s/ Rom A. Trader 2