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MICHAEL GENE WHITE, Petitioner, v. TROOPER BOND; TROOPER STENE; MAX STOVAL; JIM LOVELESS; LOVELOCK POLICE DEPARTMENT; R. BRYCE SHIELDS; AND KAREN STEVENS, Respondents.
ORDER DENYING PETITION
This is an original pro se petition for a writ of prohibition. Petitioner has not provided this court with any exhibits or documents in support of his petition and necessary for this court's consideration of the petition. See NRAP 21(a)(4) (providing that petitioner shall submit an appendix containing all documents “essential to understand[ing] the matters set forth in the petition”). Additionally, it is not clear what remedy petitioner is seeking from this court. Petitioner bears the burden of showing that extraordinary relief is warranted. See Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004).
We conclude that petitioner has failed to demonstrate our intervention by extraordinary writ is warranted. Therefore, we decline to exercise our original jurisdiction in this matter. See NRAP 21(b). Accordingly, we
ORDER the petition DENIED.1
Stiglich, C.J.
Cadish, J.
Herndon, J.
FOOTNOTES
1. On March 28, 2023, this court issued a notice directing petitioner to provide proof of service upon respondents. Petitioner has failed to do so, thus constituting an additional reason to deny the petition.
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Docket No: No. 86326
Decided: April 19, 2023
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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