Opinion
SCOT-23-0000559
10-24-2023
IN RE COCHRAN DONAHUE
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, and Eddins, JJ., Circuit Judge Browning and Circuit Judge Crabtree, assigned by reason of vacancies
ORDER
On October 2, 2023 an individual using the name Cochran Donahue submitted to the appellate clerk's office documents for filing, along with a motion for permission to proceed in forma pauperis. We construe the submission as a petition for a writ of mandamus for a declaratory judgment, confirming the identity of the individual, directed at an unnamed public official. Upon review of the document, we conclude that it fails to demonstrate a clear and indisputable right to relief from this court. See State ex rel. Kaneshiro v. Huddy, 82 Hawai'i 188, 193, 921 P.2d 108, 113 (1996). We further conclude that the information provided in the motion to proceed in forma pauperis, submitted under penalty of perjury, warrants granting the motion.
Therefore, It is ordered that the motion to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The clerk shall waive the filing fee in this matter.
It is further ordered that the petition for a writ of mandamus is denied.