Maui Meadows Neighborhood Association v. Maui Planning Commission ( 2022 )

Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
09-MAY-2022
10:25 AM
Dkt. 20 ODDP
SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI
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MAUI MEADOWS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, a domestic non-profit
association, and PONO POWER COALITION, an unincorporated
association, Petitioners,
vs.
MAUI PLANNING COMMISSION and COUNTY OF MAUI, Respondents,
and
PAEAHU SOLAR, LLC, Respondents/Real Party in Interest.
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ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ.)
Upon consideration of petitioners Maui Meadows
Neighborhood Association and the Pono Power Coalition’s petition
for extraordinary writ, filed on April 17, 2022, and the record,
petitioners fail to demonstrate that they are entitled to the
requested extraordinary writ to warrant this court’s
intervention and have alternative means to seek relief. See,
e.g., Kema v. Gaddis, 91 Hawaiʻi 200, 204, 982 P.2d 334, 338
(1999) (a writ of mandamus is an extraordinary remedy that will
not issue unless the petitioner demonstrates a clear and
indisputable right to relief and a lack of alternative means to
redress adequately the alleged wrong or obtain the requested
action). Therefore,
It is ordered that the petition for extraordinary writ
is denied.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, May 9, 2022.
/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
/s/ Paula A. Nakayama
/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
/s/ Michael D. Wilson
/s/ Todd W. Eddins
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