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BLAISDELL v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. 28736.

196 P.3d 277 (2008)

Richard BLAISDELL, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Respondent/Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

November 18, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Blaisdell, petitioner/plaintiff-appellant, pro se.

Christine E. Savage and Caron M. Inagaki, Deputy Attorneys General, State of Hawai`i, for respondent/defendant-appellee.

MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, ACOBA, and DUFFY, JJ.

Opinion of the Court by ACOBA, J.

We hold that (1) the plain language of Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 353-20 (1993)1 expressly authorizes Respondent/Defendant-Appellee Department of Public Safety (DPS or Respondent) to maintain only one individual trust account for prisoners pertaining to sums collected while committed, (2) Respondent violated HRS § 353-20 because it maintained two accounts with respect to Petitioner/Plaintiff...

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