In re: Long ( 2022 )

Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
19-SEP-2022
12:11 PM
Dkt. 16 ODDP
SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I
IN THE MATTER OF DE WITT LAMAR LONG,
Petitioner.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, and Eddins, JJ.,
and Circuit Judge Cataldo, in place of Wilson, J., recused)
Upon consideration of the September 10, 2022
submission by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) and the
September 12, 2022 submission by the Lawyers’ Fund for Client
Protection (the Fund), filed under seal pursuant to Rules
2.22(a) and 10.8(a) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of the
State of Hawai‘i (RSCH), respectively, the August 3, 2022 letter
from the Petitioner, and the record in this matter, we find no
abuse of discretion in the deliberations of either ODC or the
Fund (see In re Disciplinary Board of Hawaiʻi Supreme Court, 91
Hawai‘i 363, 370, 984 P.2d 688, 695 (1999)), find the record
demonstrates adequate communication was provided to Long, and
note that the Fund recognizes its duty, pursuant to RSCH Rule
10.5(e), to provide an applicant with written notice of the
trustees’ determination of a claim. Therefore,
IT IS ORDERED that the petition is denied.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, September 19, 2022.
/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
/s/ Paula A. Nakayama
/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
/s/ Todd W. Eddins
/s/ Lisa W. Cataldo
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