Court Opinion

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Electronically Filed
                                                     Supreme Court
                                                     SCPW-11-0000109
                                                     10-MAR-2011
                                                     12:38 PM

                         NO. SCPW-11-0000109

          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

                 MICHAEL C. TIERNEY, Petitioner,

                                 vs.

                      WALTER RODBY, Respondent.

                         ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

                     (Nos. 29993 and SCWC-29993)

                              ORDER

(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, Duffy, and McKenna, JJ.)

          Upon consideration of petitioner Michael C. Tierney’s

petition for a writ of mandamus and the papers in support, it

appears that mandamus does not lie against petitioner’s court-

appointed counsel.   See HRS § 602-5(3) (2010) (“The supreme court

shall have jurisdiction and power . . . [t]o exercise original

jurisdiction in all questions arising under writs directed to

courts of inferior jurisdiction and returnable before the supreme

court, or if the supreme court consents to receive the case

arising under writs of mandamus directed to public officers to

compel them to fulfill the duties of their offices[.]” 

Therefore,

          IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for a writ of

mandamus is dismissed.

          DATED:   Honolulu, Hawai'i, March 10, 2011.

                               /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

                               /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

                               /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.

                               /s/ James E. Duffy, Jr.

                               /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

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