Under Hawaii law, Judge Wingate can issue a court order for an original copy if he finds what has been submitted to be insufficient. Federal Rules of Evidence 902 and 1005 allow for PDFs to be entered into evidence. Ultimately, the judge will decide the probative value or lack thereof of the exhibits.
A PDF of a vital record (which is supposed to have a physically-raised seal and the certifying statements in order to be certified) would not be sufficient, and especially since Onaka has refused to verify what Bennett requested to be verified: that the PDF is a “true and accurate representation of the original record on file”. Onaka has, through silence, confirmed that the PDF is NOT “a true and accurate representation of the original record on file”.