NO. 27862



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII




GENEVIE MOMILANI KAINA, Petitioner


vs.



THE HONORABLE JOSEPH E. CARDOZA, Respondent




ORIGINAL PROCEEDING


ORDER

(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.)



Upon consideration of Petitioner Genevie Momilani Kaina's petition for a writ of mandamus and/or alternatively for a writ of prohibition and the papers in support, it appears (1) Petitioner asks the court to review orders and decisions of the respondent judge in Kaina v. Gellman, Civil No. 03-1-0259, which is presently pending in the Circuit Court of the Second Circuit; and (2) Petitioner will have an eventual remedy by way of appeal from any adverse judgment. Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition is denied without prejudice to any remedy Petitioner may have by way of appeal from any adverse judgment.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, May 3, 2006.

R. Steven \Geshell

and Dennis L. Buckley

for petitioner on

the writ