Opinion
No. 71313
11-17-2016
MARGARET PULLEN, Petitioner, v. CHUCK ALLEN, Respondent.
cc: Margaret Pullen Attorney General/Carson City Washoe District Court Clerk
ORDER DENYING PETITION
This petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenges petitioner's confinement pursuant to 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
Petitioner has not provided this court with a copy of her judgment of conviction and it is unclear whether she has been charged with or convicted of a criminal offense.
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: Margaret Pullen
Attorney General/Carson City
Washoe District Court Clerk