# Brown v. Morikone

> Hawaii Supreme Court · July 29, 2025

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/11110345

## Case

- **Court:** Hawaii Supreme Court
- **Decided:** July 29, 2025
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX
29-JUL-2025
09:36 AM
Dkt. 8 ODDP

SCPW-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI
________________________________________________________________

DAVID S. BROWN and ALESHA CHERIE BROWN, Petitioners,

vs.

THE HONORABLE KEVIN T. MORIKONE,
Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit,
State of Hawaiʻi; and
THE HONORABLE JOHN H. TONAKI,
Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit,
State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent Judges,

and

ONE WEST BANK, FSB; FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION;
MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., Respondents.
________________________________________________________________

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(CASE NO. 1CC111000941)

ORDER DENYING PETITION
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, Eddins, Ginoza, and Devens, JJ.)

Upon consideration of the petition for writ of mandamus

and/or prohibition, filed June 27, 2025, and the record,

Petitioners have not demonstrated a clear and indisputable right

to relief nor a lack of alternative means to seek relief. See
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP v. Kim, 153 Hawaiʻi 307, 319, 537

P.3d 1154, 1166 (2023).

It is ordered that the petition is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, July 29, 2025.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza

/s/ Vladimir P. Devens

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