Opinion
SCPW-23-0000008
02-07-2023
MIKA Y. ALDAN and SEAN A. ALDAN, Petitioners, v. THE HONORABLE ROWENA SOMERVILLE, Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent Judge,and STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (1CPC-21-0000816; 1CPC-20-0001541)
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ.)
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
Upon consideration of the "Complaint" filed on January 6, 2023, which we construe as a petition for writ of mandamus, and the record, Petitioners have not demonstrated a clear and indisputable right to relief or a lack of alternative means to seek relief. An extraordinary writ is not warranted. Kema v. Gaddis, 91 Hawai'i 200, 204-05, 982 P.2d 334, 338-39 (1999).
It is ordered that the petition is denied.