Locricchio v. The Office of Disciplinary Counsel

Opinion

Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCPW-14-0000381

30-JAN-2014

02:53 PM

SCPW-14-0000381

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

ANTHONY P. LOCRICCHIO, Petitioner, vs.

THE OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, ACTING CHIEF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL CHARLENE M. NORRIS, Respondent.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

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

Upon consideration of the January 26, 2014 petition for a writ of mandamus submitted by Petitioner attorney Anthony P. Locricchio, this court concludes nothing in the petition or the attached exhibits supports the conclusion that the Office of Disciplinary Counsel has violated a duty owed this court, or abused the discretion delegated to it by this court to investigate the allegations of misconduct lodged against the Petitioner. See Breiner v. Sunderland, 112 Haw. 60, 64-65, 143 P.3d 1262, 1266-67 (2006); In re Disciplinary Bd. of the Hawai#i

Supreme Court, 91 Hawai#i 363, 368-71, 984 P.2d 688, 693-96 (1999); Akinaka v. Disciplinary Bd. of the Hawai#i Supreme Court, 91 Hawai#i 51, 57, 979 P.2d 1077, 1083 (1999). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for a writ of mandamus is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, January 30, 2014.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack