Court Opinion

ID: 9372550
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-02-21 21:03:28.950363+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:16:36.382203
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Electronically Filed
                                                      Supreme Court
                                                      SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
                                                      21-FEB-2023
                                                      10:19 AM
                                                      Dkt. 9 ODDP

                         SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI
________________________________________________________________

                  HOWARD HOFELICH, Petitioner,

                               vs.

                    THE HONORABLE ROBERT KIM,
        Judge of the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit,
               State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent Judge,

                               and

  STATE OF HAWAIʻI, STATE OF HAWAIʻI DCCA, DLNR DENNIS KRUGER,
 ESQ., ASHFORD AND WRISTON LAW CORPORATION, DAVID KAAPU, ESQ.,
    STEPHEN WHITTAKER ESQ., CARL VINCENTI, JUNG & VASSAR LAW
   CORPORATION, RONALD IBARRA, DAVID LAWTON, and UNITED STATES
      COAST GUARD VESSEL DOCUMENTATION CENTER, Respondents.
________________________________________________________________

                       ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                        (3CCV-XX-XXXXXXX)

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

          Upon consideration of the petition filed on January

25, 2023, the second petition filed on February 8, 2023, and the

record, Petitioner has not demonstrated a clear and indisputable

right to relief or a lack of alternative means to seek relief.
A writ of mandamus is not intended to supersede a circuit court

judge’s discretion or be used in lieu of normal appellate

procedure.   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 petitions are denied.

          DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, February 21, 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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