Opinion
87062
08-28-2023
TRAVIS WILFORD BOWLES, Petitioner, v. THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WASHOE; AND THE HONORABLE CONNIE J. STEINHEIMER, DISTRICT JUDGE, Respondents.
Travis Wilford Bowles Attorney General/Carson City Washoe County District Attorney
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Travis Wilford Bowles Attorney General/Carson City Washoe County District Attorney
ORDER DENYING PETITION
Stiglich, C.J.
This is an original pro se petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition asking this court to compel the district court to reinstate, conduct an evidentiary hearing on, and consider on the merits petitioner's habeas petition filed in September 2013 and dismissed by the district court on August 11, 2016.
Having considered the petition and supporting documents, we are not convinced that our extraordinary and discretionary intervention is warranted. NRS 34.170; NRS 34.330; Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004) (observing that the party seeking writ relief bears the burden of showing that such relief is warranted); Smith u. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 107 Nev. 674, 677, 818 P.2d 849, 851 (1991) (recognizing that writ relief is an extraordinary remedy and that this court has sole discretion in determining whether to entertain a writ petition). Thus, as petitioner has failed to demonstrate that our intervention by extraordinary writ is warranted, we decline to exercise our original jurisdiction in this matter. See NRAP 21(b). Accordingly, we
ORDER this appeal DISMISSED.
Cadish, J. Herndon, J.
Hon. Connie J. Steinheimer, District Judge