Hawaii Supreme Court, 2015

Shavelson v. Nakamura

Shavelson v. Nakamura
Hawaii Supreme Court · Decided February 10, 2015

Shavelson v. Nakamura

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-15-0000004 10-FEB-2015 02:05 PM

SCPW-15-0000004

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

EILEEN SHAVELSON, Petitioner,

vs.

THE HONORABLE CRAIG NAKAMURA, CHIEF JUDGE OF THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS, STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent Judge,

and

KITAAMI, JEFFREY HIRANAKA, HARVEY HIRANAKA, and MRS. MILTON (ANNA) HIRANAKA, Respondents.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (CAAP-14-0001245; CAAP-13-0002205; CIVIL NO. 13-1-0137)

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

Upon consideration of Petitioner Eileen Shavelson’s

petition for a writ of mandamus, filed on January 5, 2015, the

documents attached thereto and submitted in support thereof, and

the record, it appears that Petitioner fails to demonstrate that

the judges have not administered justice “speedily and properly”

inasmuch as the Intermediate Court of Appeals considered CAAP-13­ 0002205 and CAAP-14-0001245, and recently dismissed the appeals

for lack of jurisdiction. Petitioner, therefore, is not entitled to the requested writ of mandamus. 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.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, February 10, 2015.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack /s/ Michael D. Wilson

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