Graham v. Circuit Court

Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
29-NOV-2022
08:35 AM
Dkt. 6 ODDP
SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI
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GARRETH A. GRAHAM, Petitioner,
vs.
CIRCUIT COURT, FIRST CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent.
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ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(1CPN-XX-XXXXXXX)
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ.)
Upon consideration of the petition for writ of
mandamus filed on October 17, 2022, and the record, Graham’s
letters dated July 24 and August 24, 2022 are before Judge
Rowena Somerville and appear to request a copy of the January
28, 2022 order dismissing Graham’s Hawaiʻi Rules of Penal
Procedure (HRPP) Rule 40 petition so that Graham may attach a
copy of the order to a notice of appeal. The relief Graham
seeks may be addressed by the circuit court in response to these
letters. See Rules of the Circuit Courts of the State of Hawaiʻi
Rules 2.2.17, 2.2.19; see also HRPP Rules 40(g)(3), 49(b)(5), &
49(e)(3). An extraordinary writ is thus not warranted. See
Kema v. Gaddis, 91 Hawaiʻi 200, 204, 982 P.2d 334, 338 (1999);
Barnett v. Broderick, 84 Hawaiʻi 109, 111, 929 P.2d 1359, 1361
(1996). Accordingly,
It is ordered that the petition is denied.
It is further ordered that the appellate court clerk
shall process the petition without payment of the filing fee.
It is finally ordered that the appellate clerk shall
serve a copy of the petition and this order on Judge Rowena
Somerville.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, November 29. 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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