MITCHELL v. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL BUREAU (2019)

ORDER DENYING PETITION

This is an original pro se petition for a writ of mandamus in a criminal matter. We have reviewed the documents submitted in this matter, and without deciding upon the merits of any claims raised therein, we decline to exercise our original jurisdiction. See NRS 34.160; NRAP 21(b)(1); Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004) (“Petitioner[ ] carr[ies] the burden of demonstrating that extraordinary relief is warranted.”). A challenge to the validity of the judgment of conviction and sentence must be raised in a postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in the district court in the first instance.¹ NRS 34.724(2)(b); NRS 34.738(1). Accordingly, we

ORDER the petition DENIED.

FOOTNOTES

1.   We express no opinion as to whether petitioner could meet the procedural requirements of NRS Chapter 34.