Ka'iama v. Chairperson of the Disciplinary Board of the Hawai'i Supreme Court ( 2022 )

Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
15-NOV-2022
02:10 PM
Dkt. 42 ODDP
SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I
DEXTER K. KA‘IAMA, Petitioner,
vs.
CHAIRPERSON OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD
OF THE HAWAI‘I SUPREME COURT, Respondent.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ.)
Upon consideration of the petition for a writ of mandamus
or other extraordinary writ and the separate motion for judicial
notice, filed by attorney Dexter Ka‘iama on October 26, 2022, and
the exhibits appended to both submissions, we conclude that
Petitioner Ka‘iama, in his petition and attached exhibits, has
failed to demonstrate a clear and indisputable right to relief
and, hence, is not entitled to the requested writ. See Kema v.
Gaddis, 91 Hawai‘i 200, 204-05, 982 P.2d 334, 338-39 (1999). We
also find that the documents and publications cited in the
motion for judicial notice, and in the appended documents which
are the subject of the motion for judicial notice, are not
adjudicative facts under the meaning of Rule 201 of the Hawai‘i
Rules of Evidence. Therefore,
IT IS ORDERED that the petition is denied.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motion for judicial notice
is denied.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, November 15, 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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