Griffin v. Costa ( 2021 )


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  •                                                         Electronically Filed
    Supreme Court
    SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
    27-DEC-2021
    11:19 AM
    Dkt. 10 ODDP
    SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
    IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I
    _________________________________________________________________
    JANIS B. GRIFFIN, Petitioner,
    vs.
    THE HONORABLE BRIAN COSTA,
    Judge of the Family Court of the First Circuit,
    State of Hawai‘i, Respondent Judge.
    _________________________________________________________________
    ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
    ORDER DENYING PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
    (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ.)
    Upon consideration of petitioner Janis B. Griffin’s
    petitions for writ of mandamus, and the attached supporting
    documents, petitioner fails to demonstrate a clear and
    indisputable right to relief from this court and has alternative
    means to seek relief, including seeking relief as directed by the
    family court.   At this juncture, petitioner presents no basis for
    this court’s intervention through the issuance of an
    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 meant to restrain a
    judge of an inferior court who has exceeded his or her
    jurisdiction, has committed a flagrant and manifest abuse of
    discretion, or has refused to act on a subject properly before
    the court under circumstances in which he or she has a legal duty
    to act).   Accordingly,
    It is ordered that the petitions for writ of mandamus
    are denied.
    DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, December 27, 2021.
    /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
    /s/ Paula A. Nakayama
    /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
    /s/ Michael D. Wilson
    /s/ Todd W. Eddins
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Document Info

Docket Number: SCPW-21-0000651

Filed Date: 12/27/2021

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 12/27/2021