Dick v. Disciplinary Board of the Hawai'i Supreme Court

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: January 21, 2026
• Docket: SCPW-25-0000710
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX 21-JAN-2026 01:38 PM Dkt. 15 ODDP

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________

ERIC B. DICK, Petitioner,

vs.

DISCIPLINARY BOARD OF THE HAWAIʻI SUPREME COURT, Respondent. ________________________________________________________________

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (DB NO. 24-9006)

ORDER DENYING PETITION AND MOTION FOR STAY (By: McKenna, Acting C.J., Eddins, Ginoza, and Devens, JJ., and Circuit Judge Copeland, assigned by reason of vacancy)

Upon consideration of the petition for writ of mandamus

filed October 14, 2025, the motion for stay filed October 16,

2025, and the record, it was within Respondent’s discretion to

deny the motion to dismiss as premature. See Rules of the

Supreme Court of the State of Hawaiʻi (RSCH) Rules 2.7(c) & (d)

(2019); see also RSCH Rule 2.1 (2022); Hawaiʻi Rules of

Professional Conduct Rule 8.5(a) (2022). Respondent’s exercise

of that discretion does not constitute an abuse of discretion. See In re Disciplinary Bd. of Hawaiʻi Sup. Ct., 91 Hawaiʻi 363,

371, 984 P.2d 688, 696 (1999). An extraordinary writ is

unwarranted. See id.

It is ordered that the petition is denied and the motion

for stay is denied as moot.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, January 21, 2026.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza

/s/ Vladimir P. Devens

/s/ Rebecca A. Copeland