Smith v. Kimura

CourtHawaii Supreme Court
DecidedJanuary 21, 2025
DocketSCPW-24-0000578
StatusPublished

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Smith v. Kimura, (haw 2025).

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX 21-JAN-2025 07:59 AM Dkt. 10 ODDP

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________

DEXTER J. SMITH, Petitioner,

vs.

THE HONORABLE JORDON J. KIMURA, Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent Judge. ________________________________________________________________

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (CASE NO. 1CPN-XX-XXXXXXX)

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION (By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, Eddins, and Ginoza, JJ., and Circuit Judge Somerville, in place of Devens, J., recused)

Upon consideration of the petition for writ of prohibition

filed August 29, 2024, 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); Honolulu Advertiser, Inc. v. Takao, 59

Haw. 237, 241, 580 P.2d 58, 62 (1978). 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/ Rowena A. Somerville

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Honolulu Advertiser, Inc. v. Takao
580 P.2d 58 (Hawaii Supreme Court, 1978)
Womble Bond Dickinson v. Kim
537 P.3d 1154 (Hawaii Supreme Court, 2023)

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