Opinion
No. 29528
December 19, 2008.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
By: MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, ACOBA, and DUFFY, JJ.
ORDER
Upon consideration of Chad E. Gabris's papers dated December 2, 2008, which are deemed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, it appears that habeas corpus relief is available to petitioner in the circuit court and petitioner presents no special reason for invoking the supreme court's original jurisdiction. See Oili v. Chang, 57 Haw. 511, 512, 557 P.2d 787, 788 (1976). Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the clerk of the appellate court shall file the petition for a writ of habeas corpus without payment of the filing fee.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied without prejudice to seeking habeas corpus relief in the circuit court pursuant to HRS § 660-3 (1993).
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, December 19, 2008.