STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2800

                                    Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                      , 2000

                                    RE: JUD. COMM. NO. 2
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred Judiciary
Communication No. 2, submitting for study and consideration the
nomination of:

     ALEY K. AUNA, JR., judicial nominee to the District Family
     Court of the Third Circuit, for a term of Six Years, 

begs leave to report as follows:

     Upon review of the background information submitted by the
nominee, your Committee finds that Aley K. Auna, Jr. holds a B.S.
degree from Brigham Young University, Hawaii and a J.D. degree
from the University of Hawaii's William S. Richardson School of
Law.  Mr. Auna has served as a Deputy Attorney General with the
Department of the Attorney General assigned to the Family Law
Division and Social Services Division in Hilo since 1988.  He
previously was an associate with the law firms of Dixon and Okura
in Hilo and Bruce M. Clark in Honolulu.  In addition, Mr. Auna's
professional and community activities include:  Alumni Board
Member of Brigham Young University, Hawaii; Court Annexed
Arbitration Program; Children in Transition Program; Hawaii
Island Teen Court Judge; Children's Advocacy Center of East
Hawaii Interagency Advisory Committee; Hawaii County Bar
Association; and Pukahi District, Boy Scouts of America. 

     Testimony in support of the nominee was submitted to your
Committee by:  ten staff members of the Department of Human
Services from East Hawaii; a District Family Court Judge from the
Third Circuit; the Mayor of the County of Hawaii; a Council
Member for the County of Hawaii; a former Council Member for the
County of Hawaii; a Council Member for the City and County of

 
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Honolulu; the Prosecuting Attorney for the County of Hawaii; the
Hawaii State Bar Association; a Captain of the Hawaii County
Police Department; BYU Hawaii; Hawaii Electric Light Company; Kim
Insurance Agency; T & T Electric, Inc.; twelve members of the
legal community; and eleven private citizens.  All testimony
unanimously supported the nomination of Mr. Auna by indicating
that he is compassionate, fair, and possesses the highest level
of moral courage and integrity.  Further, testifiers acknowledged
that Mr. Auna is a man of great wisdom, of patient temperament,
and is highly qualified for the position of District Family Court
Judge in the Third Circuit.

     Your Committee members diligently questioned the nominee
regarding the qualities he will bring to the district family
court; his thoughts on how to improve victim's rights; domestic
violence; disclosure of juvenile records; and criminal history
checks.  Your Committee believes that the nominee adequately
responded to the Committee's inquiries.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee, after full consideration of the background, character,
experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the
nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and
recommends that the Senate consent to the nomination.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary,



                                   ______________________________
                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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