Transfiguracion v. Hawaii Paroling Authority ( 2014 )

Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCPW-14-0000743
17-APR-2014
02:24 PM
SCPW-14-0000743
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I
FAUSTINO TRANSFIGURACION, Petitioner,
vs.
HAWAI'I PAROLING AUTHORITY, STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(CR. NO. 09-1-00126K)
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ., and
Circuit Judge Ayabe, assigned by reason of vacancy)
Upon consideration of petitioner Faustino
Transfiguracion’s letter dated March 25, 2014, which was filed as
a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on April 4, 2014, the
documents attached thereto and submitted in support thereof, and
the record, it appears that petitioner has alternative means to
seek relief and presents no special reason for this court to
invoke its jurisdiction at this time. See Oili v. Chang, 57 Haw.
411, 412, 557 P.2d 787, 788 (1976) (the supreme court “will not
exercise its original jurisdiction in habeas corpus proceedings
when relief is available in a lower court and no special reason
exists for invoking its jurisdiction”). Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the clerk of the appellate
court shall process the petition for a writ of habeas corpus
without payment of the filing fee.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that the petition for a
writ of habeas corpus is denied.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, April 17, 2014.
/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
/s/ Paula A. Nakayama
/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
/s/ Richard W. Pollack
/s/ Bert I. Ayabe
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