Opinion
No. SCPW-10-0000049
November 9, 2010.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (CIVIL NO. 08-1-1740-08)
By: RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, ACOBA, and DUFFY, JJ. and Circuit Judge AIM, assigned by reason of vacancy.
ORDER
Upon consideration of petitioner Patrick W. O'Brien's "Complaint of Crimes, Misconduct, Discrimination, and Toleration of Wrongdoings," which is deemed a petition for a writ of prohibition, it appears that petitioner fails to demonstrate a clear and disputable right to relief. Therefore, petitioner is not entitled to extraordinary relief. See HRS § 602-5(3) (Supp. 2009) ("The supreme court shall have jurisdiction and power . . . to exercise original jurisdiction in all questions arising under writs directed to courts of inferior jurisdiction and returnable before the supreme court."); Kema v. Gaddis, 91 Hawai'i 200, 204, 982 P.2d 334, 338 (1999) (A writ of prohibition 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.). Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the clerk of the appellate court shall process the petition for a writ of prohibition without payment of the filing fee.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petition for a writ of prohibition is denied.