Opinion
No. 70650
11-17-2016
CHRISTOPHER E. PIGEON, Petitioner, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.
cc: Christopher E. Pigeon 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 mandamus challenging the validity of a judgment of conviction. Without deciding the merits of any claims raised in the documents submitted in this matter, we decline to exercise our original jurisdiction. See NRS 34.160; NRS 34.170. Petitioner has an adequate legal remedy by way of a direct appeal, which is currently pending in this court, or a postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in the district court in the first instance. See NRS 34.724(2)(b); NRS 34.738(1). Accordingly, we
ORDER the petition DENIED.
/s/_________, C.J.
Parraguirre /s/_________, J.
Hardesty /s/_________, J.
Pickering cc: Christopher E. Pigeon
Attorney General/Carson City
Clark County District Attorney
Eighth District Court Clerk