JOSEPH DWAINE DOWNING JR v. THE STATE OF NEVADA HIGH DESERT STATE PRISON AARON FORD JAMES DZURENDA PARDON AND PAROLE BOARDS BRIAN WILLIAMS JAMES SCALLY CCS WIKOFF UNIT 10 HDSP CASEWORKERS CHRISTOPHER DERRICO SUSAN JACKSON MARY BAKER SCOTT WEISENTHAL ERIC CHRISTENSEN DONNA VERCHIO LAMICIA BAILEY AND THE HONORABLE JOSEPH LOMBARDO (2023)

ORDER DENYING PETITION

This is an original pro se petition for a writ of mandamus seeking the reversal of the Parole Board's denial of petitioner's request for parole and challenging the Parole Board's failure to provide petitioner with an immediate parole hearing in light of petitioner's newly filed amended judgment of conviction.

Having considered the petition and supporting documents, we are not convinced that our extraordinary and discretionary intervention is warranted. NRS 34.170; Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004) (observing that the party seeking writ relief bears the burden of showing that such relief is warranted); Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 107 Nev. 674, 677, 818 P.2d 849, 851 (1991) (recognizing that writ relief is an extraordinary remedy and that this court has sole discretion in determining whether to entertain a writ petition). Thus, as petitioner has failed to demonstrate that our intervention by extraordinary writ is warranted, we decline to exercise our original jurisdiction in this matter. See NRAP 21(b). Accordingly, we

ORDER the petition DENIED.

Stiglich, C.J.

Cadish, J.

Herndon, J.