After a federal court struck down Hawaii’s rule that provided automatic sealing for medical records, defendants in this case sought to create a de facto[...]

The University of Hawaii Board of Regents oversees and manages the entire 10 campus UH system—a sprawling billion-dollar state enterprise. One of its most important[...]

Public First moved to unseal the Government’s motion for downward departure in sentencing for Defendant Kaulana Freitas and Defendant Freitas’s sentencing memorandum in United States[...]

Since learning of the Judiciary’s use of confidential flags in 2018, the Public First has worked to unseal cases marked with this designation. A confidential[...]

Public First objected to a motion to seal information concerning evidence proffered for an attempted murder trial in State v. Gerhardt Konig, No. 1CPC-25-373. The[...]

In January 2024, all federal judges in the District of Hawaii recused from United States v. Keith Kaneshiro et al., 22-CR-48. The court sealed immediately[...]

In 1993, then-prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro convened a special grand jury to investigate the death of Diane Suzuki in 1985. Decades later, Hawaii News Now requested[...]

Public First objected to a “celebrity” request to proceed under a fictitious name (John Doe) in a federal Freedom of Information Act case seeking public[...]

Public First moved to unseal exhibits admitted into evidence for a criminal trial in State v. James M. Botelho, No. 1DTA-25-71. There was no motion[...]

Public First objected to a motion to seal summary judgment exhibits filed by State Department of Human Services, Child Welfare Services Branch (CWS) employees in[...]