JOHNSON v. The State of Nevada, Real Party in Interest. (2026)

ORDER DENYING PETITION

This is an original petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition challenging a district court order denying a motion to suppress.¹ Petitioner Deandre Johnson argues the district court abused its discretion by denying a motion to suppress a handgun found in the center console of his vehicle during a search.

Because Johnson can challenge the district court's decision on appeal in the event that he is convicted, NRS 177.015(3); NRS 177.045, Johnson has a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy at law, and therefore this court's intervention by way of an extraordinary writ is not warranted, NRS 34.170. See Williams v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 127 Nev. 518, 525, 262 P.3d 360, 365 (2011) (holding that an appeal is typically an adequate remedy for adverse evidentiary rulings). Johnson has not pointed to any circumstances that reveal urgency or strong necessity for this court to intervene when there is an alternative remedy available. Cf. Salaiscooper v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 117 Nev. 892, 901-02, 34 P.3d 509, 515-16 (2001) (concluding that review through writ petition was warranted even though there was an alternative remedy where there were 56 similar cases with the same issues pending in lower courts and petition presented issue of great statewide importance). Accordingly, we

ORDER the petition DENIED.

FOOTNOTES

1.   We consider the petition as one for mandamus rather than prohibition because Johnson does not assert the district court acted in excess of its jurisdiction. See NRS 34.320.