Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

07-MAR-2024

09:18 AM

Dkt. 7 ODDP

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________

MARTIN KAO and TIFFANY JENNIFER LAM, Petitioners,

vs.

THE HONORABLE GARY W.B. CHANG,

Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit,

State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent Judge,

and NAVATEK CAPITAL INC., individually and derivatively on behalf of Nominal Defendant PacMar Technologies LLC, fka Martin Defense

Group, LLC, fka Navatek LLC, Respondent. ________________________________________________________________

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

(CASE NO. 1CCV-XX-XXXXXXX)

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

Upon consideration of the petition for writ of mandamus filed December 22, 2023, and the record, Petitioners have not demonstrated a clear and indisputable right to relief, nor a lack of alternative means to obtain the relief sought. See Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP v. Kim, 153 Hawaiʻi 307, 319, 537 P.3d 1154, 1166 (2023).

It is ordered that the petition is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, March 7, 2024.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza

/s/ Vladimir P. Devens

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