Lankford v. Sakamoto (Order Staying Circuit Court Proceedings)

NO. 29000

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I

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KIRK MATTHEW LANKFORD, Petitioner,

vs.

THE HONORABLE KARL K. SAKAMOTO, JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAI‘I and

STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondents.

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ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

(CR. NO. 07-1-0822)

ORDER STAYING CIRCUIT COURT PROCEEDINGS
(By: Duffy, J. for the court ⁽¹⁾)

Upon consideration of the motion to stay the circuit court proceedings in Cr. No. 07-1-0822 pending disposition of the petition for a writ of mandamus and the papers in support,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion to stay is granted. The proceedings in Cr. No. 07-1-0822 are stayed pending disposition of the petition for a writ of mandamus.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai‘i, February 19, 2008.

1.      Considered by: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.