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Calvin LESLIE, Petitioner, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF CLARK, Respondent, The State of Nevada, Real Party in Interest.
ORDER DENYING PETITION
This original pro se petition for a writ of mandamus seeks a writ reassigning petitioner's case to a new district court judge and directing the district court to set an evidentiary hearing to address petitioners ineffective assistance of counsel claims.
We are not convinced that our extraordinary and discretionary intervention is warranted. See NRS 34.170; Pan v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 120 Nev. 222, 224, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 841, 844 (2004) (writ relief is proper only when there is not a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy at law and the petitioner bears the burden to demonstrate that extraordinary relief is warranted).
Petitioner has not submitted an appendix with the materials essential to understanding the petition, see NRAP 21(a)(4), and has failed to show that he lacks a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy. Accordingly, we
ORDER the petition DENIED.
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Docket No: No. 88707
Decided: May 23, 2024
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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