McQueen v. Stephens

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: August 31, 2010
• Docket: 30687
• Status: Published

Opinion

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NO. 30687

lN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIT

§§ _ _ §§ MELVIN B. McQUEEN, JR., Petitioner, §§

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TRAVIS J. L. STEPHENS, JR., DEPUTY PUBLIC:

DEFENDER, STATE OF HAWAI‘:, Respondent.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING di ORDER (By: Moon, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, Duffy, and Recktenwald, JJ.)

Upon consideration of petitioner Melvin B. McQueen,

Jr.'s petition for a writ of mandamus, it appears that petitioner fails to demonstrate a clear and indisputable right to relief. Gaddis, 91 HawaiU.200, 204, 982 P.2d 334, 338 (l999)

(A writ of mandamus is an extraordinary remedy that will not

See Kema v.

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.). Therefore,

v IT IS'HEREBY ORDERED that the clerk of the appellate court shall process the petition for a writ of mandamus without payment of the filing fee.

IT lS FURTHER ORDERED that the petition for a writ of mandamus is denied. f

DATED: Honolulu, HawaiUq

August 3l, 20l0.

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