IN THE MATTER OF KUAMOO

SCWC-13-0001579.

421 P.3d 1262 (2018)

In the MATTER OF Bernard KUAMOO, Petitioner/Complainant-Employee/Appellant-Appellant, and State of Hawai`i, Department of Public Safety (2010-122) Respondent/Respondent-Employer/Appellee-Appellee, and State of Hawai`i, Merit Appeals Board; Colleen R. Meyer; Valerie B. Pacheco; Alvin M. Yoshimori (MAB Case No. 265), Respondents/Agency/Appellees-Appellees (Civil No. 12-1-1624) In the Matter of Denise Gabriel, Petitioner/Complainant-Employee/Appellant-Appellant, and State of Hawai`i, Department of Public Safety (2010-123) Respondent/Respondent-Employer/Appellee-Appellee and State of Hawai`i, Merit Appeals Board; Colleen R. Meyer; Valerie B. Pacheco; Alvin M. Yoshimori (MAB Case No. 266), Respondents/Agency/Appellees-Appellees (Civil No. 12-1-1680) In the Matter of Arasi Mose, Petitioner/Complainant-Employee/Appellant-Appellant, and State of Hawai`i, Department of Public Safety (2011-025) Respondent/Respondent-Employer/Appellee-Appellee, and State of Hawai`i, Merit Appeals Board; Alvin M. Yoshimori; Valerie B. Pacheco; Janice T. Kemp (MAB Case No. 274), Respondents/Agency/Appellees-Appellees (Civil No. 12-1-2269) In the Matter of Kelii Lau, Petitioner/Complainant-Employee/Appellant-Appellant, and State of Hawai`i, Department of Public Safety (2011-022) Respondent/Respondent-Employer/Appellee-Appellee, and State of Hawai`i, Merit Appeals Board; Alvin M. Yoshimori; Valerie B. Pacheco; Janice T. Kemp (MAB Case No. 275), Respondents/Agency/Appellees-Appellees (Civil No. 12-1-2270) In the Matter of Fiafia Sataraka, Petitioner/Complainant-Employee/Appellant-Appellant, and State of Hawai`i, Department of Public Safety (2011-022) Respondent/Respondent-Employer/Appellee-Appellee, and State of Hawai`i, Merit Appeals Board; Alvin M. Yoshimori; Valerie B. Pacheco; Janice T. Kemp (MAB Case No. 277), Respondents/Agency/Appellees-Appellees (Civil No. 12-1-2271)

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

June 28, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell K.Y. Chun-Hoon , Honolulu, Tatjana A. Johnson , For petitioners.

James E. Halvorson , Deputy Attorney General, Honolulu, For respondent.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, McKENNA, POLLACK, AND WILSON, JJ.


Bernard Kuamoo, Denise Gabriel, Arasi Mose, Kelii Lau, and Fiafia Sataraka (the employees or applicants) are employed by the Department of Public Safety as Adult Correction Officers. Each applied for promotion to open supervisory positions, and each was rejected based...

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