Laird-Woods v. Kuwada

Electronically Filed Supreme Court 30739 15-OCT-2010 08:34 AM NO. 30739 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I NELLIE E. LAIRD-WOODS, Petitioner, vs. JEFFREY T. KUWADA, Clerk of the County of Maui, and DENNIS MATEO, Respondents. ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ORDER (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ. and Circuit Judge Perkins, assigned by reason of vacancy) Upon consideration of petitioner Nellie E. Laird-Woods’ petition for a writ of mandamus, it appears that deciding the merits of petitioner’s objection to the nomination papers of Dennis Mateo was within the discretion of…