Princess Azizi Kuulei Kaiama v. United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, et al.

Whether the Native Hawaiian citizens of the Kingdom of Hawaii are entitled to remove a land title dispute from State court to federal court on the basis of federal question jurisdiction when the dispute amounts to, in essence, an international dispute between the laws of the United States government (and any State established thereunder, including, but not limited to, Hawaii) and the laws of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Whether the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii erred in entering an order to remand the case back to the Supreme Court of Hawaii. The District Court Judge’s reasoning for remanding the case back to the State court was due to his determination that Petitioner failed to adequately establish the basis for removal of the action to federal court by not identifying, among other things, the legal support for federal question jurisdiction as the basis justifying removal of the action to federal court. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in summarily dismissing Petitioner’s Writ of Mandamus challenging the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii’s Order remanding the case back to the Supreme Court of Hawaii. The Ninth Circuit’s panel of Judges determined that Petitioner had not demonstrated a clear and indisputable right to the extraordinary remedy of mandamus, pursuant to In re Mersho, 6 F.4th 891, 897 (9th Cir. 2021).