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RODERICK STEPHEN SKINNER, Petitioner, v. THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent, WARDEN OF THE NORTHERN NEVADA CORRECTIONAL CENTER, Real Party in Interest.
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
This pro se original petition for a writ of mandamus challenges a district court order denying postconviction petitions for a writ of habeas corpus. Having considered the petition, we are not persuaded that writ relief is warranted because petitioner has a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy available to him by way of his pending appeal in Docket No. 86846. See NRS 34.170; Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 224, 88 P.3d 840, 841 (2004) (writ relief is proper only when there is no plain, speedy, and adequate remedy at law). Accordingly, we
ORDER the petition DENIED.1
Stiglich, C.J.
Cadish, J.
Herndon, J.
FOOTNOTES
1. We direct the clerk to modify the caption in this matter to conform to this order.
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Docket No: No. 86839
Decided: July 14, 2023
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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