Valpoon v. Char
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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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