In re: Leydon

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: March 16, 2023
• Docket: SCPW-23-0000138
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX 16-MAR-2023 10:03 AM Dkt. 4 ORD

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________

IN THE MATTER OF LISA LEYDON ________________________________________________________________

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

ORDER (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ.)

Upon consideration of petitioner’s letter dated November

26, 2021 that was received by the court on November 30, 2022,

which was filed as a petition for writ of mandamus on March 16,

2023, the documents attached thereto and submitted in support

thereof, and the record, it appears that petitioner is not

entitled to the requested extraordinary relief from this court.

See Kema v. Gaddis, 91 Hawaiʻi 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; a writ of mandamus is not intended to supersede the legal discretionary authority of the trial courts, cure a mere

legal error, or serve as a legal remedy in lieu of normal

appellate procedures). Accordingly,

It is ordered:

1. The petition for writ of mandamus is denied; and,

2. The clerk of the appellate court shall process the

petition for writ of mandamus without payment of the filing fee.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, March 16, 2023.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Michael D. Wilson

/s/ Todd W. Eddins