Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-13 19:02:42.875464+00
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Electronically Filed
                                                       Supreme Court
                                                       SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
                                                       13-JAN-2023
                                                       08:30 AM
                                                       Dkt. 5 ODDP

                           SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI
________________________________________________________________

                   DEXTER J. SMITH, Petitioner,

                                 vs.

                  STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent.
________________________________________________________________

                        ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                      (CASE NO. 1PR161000009)

           ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ.)

          Upon consideration of the January 4, 2023 letter from

Dexter J. Smith, which has been filed with this court as a

petition for a writ of mandamus, we conclude Smith has failed to

demonstrate a clear and indisputable right to relief.    See State

ex rel. Kaneshiro v. Huddy, 82 Hawaiʻi 188, 193, 921 P.2d 108,

113 (1996).   Therefore,

          It is ordered that the petition is denied.
            It is further ordered that the appellate clerk shall

serve a copy of the petition and this order on Judge Christine

Kuriyama.

            DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, January 13, 2023.

                                      /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

                                      /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

                                      /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                                      /s/ Michael D. Wilson

                                      /s/ Todd W. Eddins

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