Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCPW-18-0000049

05-FEB-2018

12:52 PM

SCPW-18-0000049

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

DEMONT R. D. CONNER, CHAIR OF HO#OMANAPONO

POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, Petitioner,

vs. THE HONORABLE BLAINE KOBAYASHI, Judge of the District Court of

the Second Circuit, State of Hawai#i, Respondent Judge,

and

STATE OF HAWAI#I and SAMUEL KALEIKOA KAEO, Respondents.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

(CASE NO. 2DCW-17-0002038)

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

Upon consideration of petitioner DeMont R. D. Conner’s petition for writ of mandamus, filed on January 26, 2018, and the record, it appears that petitioner fails to demonstrate that he has standing, as a non-party in the underlying criminal proceeding, to seek the requested extraordinary relief from the district court’s rulings in the underlying proceeding. See Kaho#ohanohano v. State, 114 Hawai#i 302, 162 P.3d 696 (2007). Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, February 5, 2018.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Michael D. Wilson

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