Slavick v. Kawashima

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX 20-MAY-2025 12:50 PM Dkt. 15 ODDP

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________

CHRIS SLAVICK, Petitioner,

vs.

THE HONORABLE JAMES S. KAWASHIMA, Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent Judge,

and

STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent. ________________________________________________________________

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (CASE NO. 1PR161000004)

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

Upon consideration of the petition for writ of mandamus

filed November 19, 2024, the answer filed on April 30, 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. See 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, Hawaiʻi, May 20, 2025.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza

/s/ Vladimir P. Devens