Court Opinion

ID: 9369178
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Date Created: 2023-02-07 23:02:21.558249+00
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Electronically Filed
                                                      Supreme Court
                                                      SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
                                                      07-FEB-2023
                                                      11:39 AM
                                                      Dkt. 3 ODDP

                          SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI
________________________________________________________________

          MIKA Y. ALDAN and SEAN A. ALDAN, Petitioners,

                                vs.

                THE HONORABLE ROWENA SOMERVILLE,
        Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit,
               State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent Judge,

                                and

                  STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent.
________________________________________________________________

                        ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                (1CPC-XX-XXXXXXX; 1CPC-XX-XXXXXXX)

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

          Upon consideration of the “Complaint” filed on January

6, 2023, which we construe as a petition for writ of mandamus,

and the record, Petitioners have not demonstrated a clear and

indisputable right to relief or a lack of alternative means to

seek relief.   An extraordinary writ is not warranted.   Kema v.

Gaddis, 91 Hawaiʻi 200, 204-05, 982 P.2d 334, 338-39 (1999).
It is ordered that the petition is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, February 7, 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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