Villeza v. Ochiai

CourtHawaii Supreme Court
DecidedJanuary 17, 2025
DocketSCPW-24-0000692
StatusPublished

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Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX 17-JAN-2025 12:12 PM Dkt. 4 ODDP

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

SANDEE KIM VILLEZA and BRENT IAN VILLEZA, Petitioners,

vs.

THE HONORABLE DEAN E. OCHIAI, Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent Judge,

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-6, Respondent.

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

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

Upon consideration of Petitioners Sandee Kim Villeza and

Brent Ian Villeza’s petition for writ of prohibition filed

October 22, 2024, and the record, The court finds that Petitioners are seeking to relitigate

issues that were previously raised and addressed in Villeza v.

Judge Castagnetti, SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX. The petition filed in SCPW-

XX-XXXXXXX requested essentially identical relief to the instant

petition.

The petition filed October 22, 2024 is denied on the ground

that the merits of this original proceeding were conclusively

determined on August 15, 2023 when this court entered its order

denying petitioners’ motion for reconsideration in SCPW-23-

0000373.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, January 17, 2025.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza

/s/ Vladimir P. Devens

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