IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I
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WENDY FARROW aka WENDI FARROW, Petitioner,
vs.
THE HONORABLE RICHARD K. PERKINS, JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT, Respondent,
and
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, STATE OF HAWAI`I,
Real-Party-In-Interest.
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APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
(Cr. No. 00-1-166K)
ORDER
(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama,
Ramil, and Acoba, JJ.)
Upon consideration of Petitioner Wendy Farrow's application for a writ of mandamus, the papers in support, and the records and files herein, it appears that: (1) Petitioner is seeking review of the respondent judge's order granting the Director of Health's motion for an order authorizing the administration of involuntary medication in State v. Farrow,
Cr. No. 00-1-166K; (2) Petitioner filed a notice of appeal, which was docketed as Appeal No. 24473, from the appealable order authorizing involuntary medication, see State v. Kotis, 91 Hawai`i 319, 984 P.2d 78 (1999); and (3) a writ of mandamus is not meant to serve as a legal remedy in lieu of normal appellate procedures. State v. Hamili, 87 Hawai`i 102, 952 P.2d 390 (1998). Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the application for a writ of mandamus is denied without prejudice to Petitioner raising any issues in the pending appeal.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, December 7, 2001.