Opinion
No. 58658.
11-18-2011
Curtis Lundy DOWNING, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.
Curtis Lundy Downing Attorney General/Carson City Clark County District Attorney
Curtis Lundy Downing
Attorney General/Carson City
Clark County District Attorney
ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE
This is a proper person appeal from an order of the district court denying a post-conviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus . Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; James M. Bixler, Judge.
This appeal has been submitted for decision without oral argument, NRAP 34(f)(3), and we conclude that the record is sufficient for our review and briefing is unwarranted. See
In his petition filed on March 14, 2011, appellant challenged prison disciplinary proceedings that resulted in his placement in disciplinary segregation. Notably, appellant neither alleged nor demonstrated that any credits were forfeited. Appellant's claims challenged the conditions of confinement, and thus, were not cognizable in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in state court. Bowen v. Warden, 100 Nev. 489, 490, 686 P.2d 250, 250 (1984) ; see also Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472, 484, 115 S.Ct. 2293, 132 L.Ed.2d 418 (1995). Accordingly, we
ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.
Luckett v. Warden, 91 Nev. 681, 682, 541 P.2d 910, 911 (1975).