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Peter Matthew BERGNA, Appellant, v. Isidro BACA, Warden, Respondent.
ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE
This is a pro se appeal from a district court order denying appellant's postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus. First Judicial District Court, Carson City; James E. Wilson, Judge.1
In his postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus, appellant sought expungement of an alleged disciplinary infraction from his prison record. The district court denied the petition because the claim was not cognizable in a post conviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant contends that the district court erred. We disagree. See NRS 34.724(1) (providing that a postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus is available for claims that “the conviction was obtained, or that the sentence was imposed, in violation of the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution or laws of this State, or ․ that the time [an inmate] has served pursuant to the judgment of conviction has been improperly computed”). Accordingly, we
ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.
FOOTNOTES
1. Having considered the pro se brief filed by appellant, we conclude that a response is not necessary. NRAP 46A(c). This appeal therefore has been submitted for decision based on the pro se brief and the record. See NRAP 34(f)(3).
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Docket No: No. 74612
Decided: June 15, 2018
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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