Opinion
SCPW-19-0000461
07-18-2019
STATE OF HAWAI'I, Petitioner, v. THE HONORABLE ROBERT D.S. KIM, Judge of the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit, State of Hawai'i, Respondent Judge, and JAMIE JASON; MALIA KAALANEO LAJALA; KRYSTLE LYNN FERREIRA; JORGE ALLEN PAGAN-TORRES, Respondents.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(CASE NO. 3CPC-18-0000639) ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE AMENDED PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
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Upon consideration of petitioner State of Hawai'i's petition for writ of mandamus, filed on June 25, 2019, and the amended petition for writ of mandamus, filed on June 27, 2019, the submissions of the respondents and the respondent judge, the respective supporting documents, and the record, it appears that, subsequent to the filing of the petition for writ of mandamus in this proceeding, the notice of appeal from the "Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order Granting (Defendant Jamie Jason's) Motion to Suppress Statements and Evidence Filed February 5, 2019," filed on June 18, 2019, in State v. Jamie Jason et al., Case No. 3CPC-18-0000639, in the circuit court of the third circuit, was filed in the Intermediate Court of Appeals in CAAP-19-0000462. Accordingly, there appears to be an alternative means to obtain the requested action as appropriate in CAAP-19-0000462. See Kema v. Gaddis, 91 Hawai'i 200, 204, 982 P.2d 334, 338 (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; a writ of mandamus is not intended to supersede the legal discretionary authority of the lower courts or 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 without prejudice to petitioner seeking relief, as appropriate, in the appeal pending in CAAP-19-0000462.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, July 18, 2019.
/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
/s/ Paula A. Nakayama
/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
/s/ Richard W. Pollack
/s/ Michael D. Wilson