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CITY OF LAS VEGAS, Petitioner, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF CLARK; and the Honorable Rob Bare, District Judge, Respondents, Bruce Branscomb, Real Party in Interest.
ORDER DENYING PETITION
This original petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition challenges a district court order reversing a misdemeanor conviction and remanding for a new trial. We are not persuaded that our extraordinary and discretionary intervention is warranted. See NRS 34.160; NRS 34.320; Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004) (“Petitioners carry the burden of demonstrating that extraordinary relief is warranted.”); Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 107 Nev. 674, 677, 679, 818 P.2d 849, 851, 853 (1991) (observing that decision to issue writ of mandamus “is purely discretionary”). Accordingly, we
ORDER the petition DENIED.
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Docket No: No. 77872
Decided: June 14, 2019
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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