Coward v. Ho
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Opinion
Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX 23-APR-2025 08:52 AM Dkt. 16 ODDP
SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI
WILLIAM COWARD, Petitioner,
vs.
THE HONORABLE TIMOTHY E. HO, Judge of the District Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent Judge,
and
HOPE M. RASMUSSEN and CECILIA F.M. RICHARDSON, individually and as Co-Trustees of the Hope M. Rasmussen Trust Dated May 4, 2024; WILLIAM RICHARDSON, Respondents.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (1DRC-XX-XXXXXXX)
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Eddins, Ginoza, and Devens, JJ., and Circuit Judge Kawashima, in place of McKenna, J., recused)
Upon consideration of Petitioner William Coward’s letter to
the court that was filed as a petition for writ of mandamus on
March 13, 2025 (petition), and the record, the petition is
denied. Petitioner failed to establish a clear and indisputable
right to the relief requested and the lack of other means to redress adequately the alleged wrong or to obtain the requested
action. See Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP v. Kim, 153 Hawaiʻi
307, 319, 537 P.3d 1154, 1166 (2023).
It is ordered:
1. The petition is denied.
2. The filing fee is waived.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, April 23, 2025.
/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
/s/ Todd W. Eddins
/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza
/s/ Vladimir P. Devens
/s/ James S. Kawashima
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