Valpoon v. Char

CourtHawaii Supreme Court
DecidedFebruary 18, 2026
DocketSCPW-25-0000712
StatusPublished

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Valpoon v. Char, (haw 2026).

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX 18-FEB-2026 07:50 AM Dkt. 8 ODDP

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________

CODY VALPOON, Petitioner,

vs.

THE HONORABLE STEPHANIE R.S. CHAR, Judge of the District Court of the Fifth Circuit, State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent Judge,

and

STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent. ________________________________________________________________

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (CASE NO. 5FFC-XX-XXXXXXX)

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (By: McKenna, Acting C.J., Eddins, Ginoza, and Devens, JJ., and Circuit Judge Kawashima, assigned by reason of vacancy)

Upon consideration of the document titled “Notice of

Administrative Appeal,” filed October 15, 2025, which we

construe as a petition for writ of mandamus, 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, February 18, 2026.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza

/s/ Vladimir P. Devens

/s/ James S. Kawashima

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Womble Bond Dickinson v. Kim
537 P.3d 1154 (Hawaii Supreme Court, 2023)

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