Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-11-18 02:05:14.769757+00
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Electronically Filed
                                                      Supreme Court
                                                      SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
                                                      17-NOV-2023
                                                      01:05 PM
                                                      Dkt. 6 ODDP

                         SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI
________________________________________________________________

                  FALEUPOLU ESEKIA, Petitioner,

                               vs.

             THE HONORABLE JEANNETTE H. CASTAGNETTI,
        Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit,
               State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent Judge,

                               and

PUU HELEAKALA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, by and through its Board of
   Directors, ALAPATI ESEKIA, PHKK PROPERTIES LLC, a Company or
  Corporation, DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
under Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of March 1, 2007
      Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC, Respondents.
________________________________________________________________

                       ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                   (CASE NO. 1CCV-XX-XXXXXXX)

           ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
         (By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, and Eddins, JJ.,
          Circuit Judge Johnson and Circuit Judge Tonaki,
                 assigned by reason of vacancies)

     Upon consideration of the documents filed on October 13,

2023, which we construe as a petition for writ of mandamus, and

the record, a writ of mandamus is not intended to be used to
supersede the circuit court’s discretion when ruling on pending

matters before it, nor be used in lieu of normal appellate

procedures.   See Kema v. Gaddis, 91 Hawaiʻi 200, 204-05, 982 P.2d

334, 338-39 (1999).   An extraordinary writ is not warranted.

     It is ordered that the petition is denied.

          DATED:   Honolulu, Hawaii, November 17, 2023.

                                     /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

                                     /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                                     /s/ Todd W. Eddins

                                     /s/ Ronald G. Johnson

                                     /s/ John M. Tonaki

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