Opinion
No. 71252
11-17-2016
GUSTAVO CONTRERAS, Petitioner, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.
cc: Gustavo Contreras Attorney General/Carson City Clark County District Attorney Eighth District Court Clerk
ORDER DENYING PETITION
This is a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the validity of a judgment of conviction. Without deciding upon the merits of any claims raised in the documents submitted in this matter, we decline to exercise our original jurisdiction. A challenge to the validity of the judgment of conviction must be raised in a postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in the district court in the first instance. NRS 34.724(2)(b); NRS 34.738(1). Accordingly, we
We express no opinion as to whether petitioner could meet the procedural requirements of NRS chapter 34.
ORDER the petition DENIED.
/s/_________, C.J.
Parraguirre /s/_________, J.
Hardesty /s/_________, J.
Pickering cc: Gustavo Contreras
Attorney General/Carson City
Clark County District Attorney
Eighth District Court Clerk