Jeffries v. Fukui

Opinion

Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

29-JAN-2026

10:46 AM

Dkt. 21 ODDP

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

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DONALD JEFFRIES, Petitioner, vs.

THE HONORABLE TRACY S. FUKUI, JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAIʻI; THE HONORABLE MIRIAH E. HOLDEN, JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAIʻI; and THE HONORABLE A.K. THOMAS HAIA, JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent Judges,

and

DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAIʻI, ʻEWA DIVISION; and THOMAS F. SCHMIDT, Respondents.

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ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

(CASE NO. 1DRC-XX-XXXXXXX)

ORDER DENYING PETITION

(By: McKenna, Acting C.J., Eddins, Ginoza, and Devens, JJ., and Circuit Judge Jackson, assigned by reason of vacancy)

Upon consideration of the petition filed August 29, 2025, and the record, Petitioner has not demonstrated a clear and indisputable right to relief nor a lack of alternative means to obtain the relief sought in the petition. See Womble Bond

Dickinson (US) LLP v. Kim, 153 Hawaiʻi 307, 319, 537 P.3d 1154, 1166 (2023); see also Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes § 604-6 (2016); HRS § 641-1(a) (2016).

It is ordered that the petition is denied.

It is further ordered that the motion for stay is denied as moot, and the request to proceed in forma pauperis is dismissed as moot.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, January 29, 2026.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza

/s/ Vladimir P. Devens

/s/ Kauanoe A.D. Jackson