Jeffries v. Fukui

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: January 29, 2026
• Docket: SCPW-25-0000595
• Status: Published

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 ________________________________________________________________

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. ________________________________________________________________

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