Court Opinion

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Electronically Filed
                                                      Supreme Court
                                                      SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
                                                      07-MAR-2024
                                                      09:18 AM
                                                      Dkt. 7 ODDP

                         SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI
________________________________________________________________

        MARTIN KAO and TIFFANY JENNIFER LAM, Petitioners,

                               vs.

                 THE HONORABLE GARY W.B. CHANG,
        Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit,
               State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent Judge,

                               and

NAVATEK CAPITAL INC., individually and derivatively on behalf of
  Nominal Defendant PacMar Technologies LLC, fka Martin Defense
             Group, LLC, fka Navatek LLC, Respondent.
________________________________________________________________

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

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

     Upon consideration of the petition for writ of mandamus

filed December 22, 2023, and the record, Petitioners have not

demonstrated a clear and indisputable right to relief, nor a

lack of alternative means to obtain the relief sought.    See
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP v. Kim, 153 Hawaiʻi 307, 319, 537

P.3d 1154, 1166 (2023).

     It is ordered that the petition is denied.

          DATED:   Honolulu, Hawaii, March 7, 2024.

                                     /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

                                     /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                                     /s/ Todd W. Eddins

                                     /s/ Lisa M. Ginoza

                                     /s/ Vladimir P. Devens

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