Evans v. Takao

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LEVINSON, J.

The petitioner Christopher Evans (Evans) moves this court for writs of prohibition and mandamus prohibiting the respondent, the Honorable Frank T. Takao (Takao), judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawaii, from pursuing a criminal contempt of court charge against Evans. In the alternative, Evans moves this court for an order transferring Evans’s hearing on the charge to another judge. For the reasons set forth below, we decline to grant the petition for writs of prohibition and mandamus.

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The present petition arises out of Evans’s…