Peters-Holokahi v. Souza

Opinion

Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

21-JAN-2025

07:57 AM

Dkt. 21 ODDP

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

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JOSEPH PETERS-HOLOKAHI, Petitioner, vs.

THE HONORABLE KEVIN A. SOUZA, Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent Judge,

and

STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent.

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ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

(1CPC-XX-XXXXXXX)

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR EXTRAORDINARY WRIT (By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, Eddins, Ginoza, and Devens, JJ.)

Upon consideration of the petition for extraordinary writ filed September 9, 2024, and the record, bail was set at $750,000 and then reduced to $500,000. This record does not reflect that the Respondent Judge’s decision to deny Petitioner’s motion to further reduce bail constitutes a flagrant and manifest abuse of discretion. See Hawaiʻi Revised

Statutes § 804-9 (Supp. 2019); Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP v. Kim, 153 Hawaiʻi 307, 319, 537 P.3d 1154, 1166 (2023).

It is ordered that the petition is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, January 21, 2025.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza

/s/ Vladimir P. Devens