Hayakawa v. Lee

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-12-0000104 02-MAR-2012 09:37 AM

NO. SCPW-12-0000104

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

CLYDE MITSURU HAYAKAWA, Petitioner, vs.

THE HONORABLE RANDAL K.O. LEE, JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (S.P.P. NO. 11-1-0033)

ORDER (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, Duffy, and McKenna, JJ.)

Upon consideration of petitioner Clyde Hayakawa's petition for a writ of mandamus, it appears that, in S.P.P. No. 11-1-0033, Clyde Mitsuru Hayakawa v. State of Hawai'i, respondent State of Hawai'i filed an answer to the HRPP Rule 40 petition on December 1, 2011. Therefore, petitioner is not entitled to mandamus relief. See Kema v. Gaddis, 91 Hawai'i 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.). Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for a writ of mandamus is denied.1

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, March 2, 2012.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. /s/ James E. Duffy, Jr. /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna