Opinion
SCPW-19-0000480
07-12-2019
CHARLES ALAPATI LEOMITI IOANE and OKESI ATUATASI IOANE aka OKESI A. IOANE, Individually and as Trustee of the Okesi A. Ioane Revocable Trust Dated February 11, 2011, Petitioners, v. THE HONORABLE JEANNETTE H. CASTAGNETTI, Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawai'i, Respondent Judge, and MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P.; CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; HALE AUPUNI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, Respondents.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(CIV. NO. 16-1-1754-09) ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
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Upon consideration of petitioners' petition for writ of mandamus, filed on July 2, 2019, the documents attached thereto and submitted in support thereof, and the record, it appears that petitioners fail to demonstrate that they have a clear and indisputable right to the requested relief and that they lack alternative means to seek relief. Petitioners, therefore, are not entitled to the requested extraordinary writ. See Kema v. Gaddis, 91 Hawai'i 200, 204-05, 982 P.2d 334, 338-39 (1999) (a writ of mandamus is an extraordinary remedy that will not issue unless the petitioner demonstrates a clear and indisputable right to relief and a lack of alternative means to redress adequately the alleged wrong or obtain the requested action; such a writ is not intended to supersede the legal discretionary authority of the lower court, nor is it intended to serve as a legal remedy in lieu of normal appellate procedures). Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for writ of mandamus is denied.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, July 12, 2019.
/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
/s/ Paula A. Nakayama
/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
/s/ Richard W. Pollack
/s/ Michael D. Wilson