Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-03-16 22:03:03.778882+00
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Electronically Filed
                                                       Supreme Court
                                                       SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
                                                       16-MAR-2023
                                                       10:03 AM
                                                       Dkt. 4 ORD

                         SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI
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                  IN THE MATTER OF LISA LEYDON
________________________________________________________________

                       ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

                               ORDER
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ.)

     Upon consideration of petitioner’s letter dated November

26, 2021 that was received by the court on November 30, 2022,

which was filed as a petition for writ of mandamus on March 16,

2023, the documents attached thereto and submitted in support

thereof, and the record, it appears that petitioner is not

entitled to the requested extraordinary relief from this court.

See Kema v. Gaddis, 91 Hawaiʻi 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 and a lack of alternative means to

redress adequately the alleged wrong or obtain the requested

action; a writ of mandamus is not intended to supersede the
legal discretionary authority of the trial courts, cure a mere

legal error, or serve as a legal remedy in lieu of normal

appellate procedures).   Accordingly,

     It is ordered:

     1.   The petition for writ of mandamus is denied; and,

     2.   The clerk of the appellate court shall process the

petition for writ of mandamus without payment of the filing fee.

          DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, March 16, 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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