Honolulu Civil Beat Inc. v. Honolulu Civil Service Commission

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: January 31, 2018
• Docket: SCPW-17-0000906
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-17-0000906 31-JAN-2018 01:19 PM

SCPW-17-0000906

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I _________________________________________________________________

HONOLULU CIVIL BEAT INC., Petitioner,

vs.

HONOLULU CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Respondent. _________________________________________________________________

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)

Upon consideration of petitioner Honolulu Civil Beat

Inc.’s petition for writ of mandamus, filed on December 20, 2017,

the documents attached thereto and submitted in support thereof,

and the record, it appears that petitioner fails to demonstrate

that it has a clear and indisputable right to the requested

relief or lacks alternative means to seek relief. 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); see also HRS §§

92-5 and 92-6(a)(6)(D). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for writ of

mandamus is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, January 31, 2018.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Michael D. Wilson