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REPUBLICAN ATTORNEYS GENERAL ASSOCIATION, Petitioner, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF CLARK; and the Honorable Kerry Louise Earley, District Judge, Respondents, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Real Party in Interest.
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
This emergency petition for a writ of mandamus challenges a district court order denying petitioner's motion to examine withheld records under an “attorney's eyes only” restriction.
Having considered the petition and supporting documents, we are not persuaded that our extraordinary intervention is warranted at this time. NRS 34.160; Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 107 Nev. 674, 677, 818 P.2d 849, 851 (1991). The district court hearing on petitioner's public records request is scheduled for Wednesday this week. In view of the upcoming hearing, we decline to exercise our discretion to intervene, and we
ORDER the petition DENIED.
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Docket No: No. 77131
Decided: October 15, 2018
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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