Borgman v. Department of Public Safety

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Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCPW-15-0000873 05-APR-2016 11:53 AM SCPW-15-0000873 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I NOAH BORGMAN, Petitioner, vs. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, STATE OF HAWAI'I, and HALAWA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, Respondents. ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.) Upon consideration of petitioner Noah Borgman’s petition for writ of mandamus, filed November 9, 2015, the supplemental submission, filed December 29, 2015, and respondents’ answer, filed March 17, 2016, it appears that petitioner is not entitled to the requested writ of mandamus inasmuch as petitioner was released on parole on March 3, 2016, and, petitioner failed to demonstrate that respondents did not provide him a Kosher diet while he was incarcerated. See Kema v. Gaddis, 91 Hawai'i 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); Barnett v. Broderick, 84 Hawai'i 109, 111, 929 P.2d 1359, 1361 (1996) (mandamus relief is available to compel an official to perform a duty allegedly owed to an individual only if the individual’s claim is clear and certain, the official’s duty is ministerial and so plainly prescribed as to be free from doubt, and no other remedy is available). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for writ of mandamus is denied DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, April 5, 2016. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack /s/ Michael D. Wilson 2

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