Lipcon v. Hamman

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX 06-FEB-2026 08:35 AM Dkt. 9 ODDP

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________ LAUREN LIPCON, Petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE KIRSTIN M. HAMMAN, Judge of the Circuit Court of the Second Circuit, State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent Judge, and STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent. ________________________________________________________________ ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (CASE NO. 2CCV-XX-XXXXXXX) ORDER GRANTING DISMISSAL (By: McKenna, Acting C.J., Eddins, Ginoza, and Devens, JJ., and Circuit Judge Ashford, assigned by reason of vacancy) Petitioner Lauren Lipcon (Lipcon) filed a petition for writ of mandamus on October 24, 2025. Lipcon subsequently filed a document on October 28, 2025, that requests withdrawal of the petition for writ of mandamus. We construe the October 28, 2025 document as a motion to dismiss and grant the motion.

It is ordered that the petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, February 6, 2026.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Todd W. Eddins /s/ Lisa M. Ginoza /s/ Vladimir P. Devens /s/ James H. Ashford