Taniguchi v. Morikone

CourtHawaii Supreme Court
DecidedMarch 10, 2025
DocketSCPW-24-0000693
StatusPublished

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Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX 10-MAR-2025 10:02 AM Dkt. 14 ODDP

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________

GLENN TANIGUCHI, Petitioner,

vs.

THE HONORABLE KEVIN T. MORIKONE, Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent Judge,

and

MERIT APPEALS BOARD, STATE OF HAWAIʻI; and DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE, STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondents. ________________________________________________________________

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (CASE NO. 1CCV-XX-XXXXXXX) ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, Eddins, and Ginoza, JJ., and Circuit Judge Malinao, in place of Devens, J., recused)

Upon consideration of the petition for writ of mandamus

filed October 22, 2024, and the record, an extraordinary writ,

such as a writ of mandamus, is not intended to be used in lieu

of normal appellate procedures. See Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP v. Kim, 153 Hawaiʻi 307, 319, 537 P.3d 1154, 1166 (2023); see

also Hawaiʻi Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 72(k) (eff. 2019).

It is ordered that the petition is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, March 10, 2025.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza

/s/ Clarissa Y. Malinao

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Womble Bond Dickinson v. Kim
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