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KIM DENNIS BLANDINO, Petitioner, v. LAS VEGAS TOWNSHIP JUSTICE COURT; THE HONORABLE MICHELLE LEAVITT, DISTRICT JUDGE; STATE OF NEVADA PAROLE AND PROBATION; JOSEPH LOMBARDO, SHERIFF LVMPD; AND THE HONORABLE JERRY A. WIESE, Respondents,
THE STATE OF NEVADA, Real Party in Interest. KIM DENNIS BLANDINO, Petitioner, v. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLARK; THE HONORABLE MICHELLE LEAVITT, DISTRICT JUDGE; STATE OF NEVADA PAROLE AND PROBATION; JOSEPH LOMBARDO, SHERIFF; AND THE HONORABLE JERRY A. WIESE, Respondents, THE STATE OF NEVADA, Real Party in Interest.
ORDER DENYING PETITIONS FOR EXTRAORDINARY WRIT RELIEF
These pro se petitions for extraordinary writ relief seek orders directing compliance with NRS 1.235(6), allowing petitioner to represent himself injustice court, and the stay of probation, among other things.
Whether to issue extraordinary writ relief is solely within this court's discretion, Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 107 Nev. 674, 677, 818 P.2d 849, 851 (1991), and it is petitioner's burden to demonstrate that such relief is warranted, Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004). Having reviewed the petitions and appendices, as well as the supplement and correction of clerical errors filed in Docket No. 85764, we decline to entertain the petitions. Accordingly, we
ORDER the petitions DENIED.
Parraguirre, C.J.
Hardesty, J.
Stiglich, J.
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Docket No: No. 85764, No. 85765
Decided: December 16, 2022
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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