Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-11-0001030 25-JAN-2012 01:49 PM

NO. SCPW-11-0001030

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

KEITH RUSSELL JUDD, Petitioner,

vs.

STATE OF HAWAI'I OFFICE OF ELECTIONS, Respondent.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

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

Upon consideration of petitioner Keith Russell Judd's petition for a writ of mandamus, it appears that petitioner fails to demonstrate a clear and indisputable right to relief.

Therefore, petitioner is not entitled to mandamus relief. See HRS § 602-5(3) (2010) (“The supreme court shall have jurisdiction and power . . . [t]o exercise original jurisdiction in all questions . . . arising under writs of mandamus directed to public officers to compel them to fulfill the duties of their offices[.]”); In re Disciplinary Bd. of Hawaii Supreme Court, 91 Hawai'i 363, 368, 984 P.2d 688, 693 (1999) (Mandamus relief is available to compel an official to perform a duty allegedly owed to an individual only if the individual’s claim is clear and

certain, the official’s duty is ministerial and so plainly

prescribed as to be free from doubt, and no other remedy is

available.). Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the clerk of the appellate

court shall process the petition for writ of mandamus without

payment of the filing fee.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petition for a writ of

mandamus is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, January 25, 2012.

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

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna