Custer v. Administrative Director of the Courts

Opinion of the Court by

ACOBA, J.

We hold, in this appeal by Petitioner-Appellant Curtis C. Custer (Custer), from the July 16, 2003 judgment of the district court of the first circuit 1 (the court) affirming the May 5, 2003 decision of Respondent-Appellee Administrative Director of the Courts, State of Hawaii 2 (Director), that the Director may not, in an administrative hearing filed pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291E-38 (Supp.2003), consider an offense occurring after the HRS § 291E-31 (Supp. 2003) notice of administrative revocation had been issued, as a basis for increasing an…