Opinion
No. 77718
04-03-2019
JOHN ELVIN TURNER, Petitioner, v. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLARK, Respondent.
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
This pro se petition for a writ of mandamus challenges the denial of petitioner's motion for partial summary judgment and various other actions or inactions in the underlying district court cases.
Having reviewed petitioner's petition, we decline to exercise our discretion to intervene in this matter. Petitioner may challenge adverse events that occurred in the underlying district court proceeding in the context of an appeal from the final judgment. See NRS 34.170; Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 224, 88 P.3d 840, 841 (2004) ("[T]he right to appeal is generally an adequate legal remedy that precludes writ relief."); Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 107 Nev. 674, 677, 818 P.2d 849, 851 (1991) (recognizing that the issuance of a writ of mandamus is discretionary). We note that petitioner has appealed, in Docket No. 77536, from the dismissal order in the underlying district court cases. Therefore, we
Petitioner's failure to attach any supporting documents to his writ petition constitutes another reason why writ relief is unavailable. NRAP 21(a)(4).
/s/_________, C.J.
Gibbons
/s/_________, J.
Pickering
/s/_________, J.
Hardesty cc: Hon. Ron Israel, District Judge
John Elvin Turner
Attorney General/Las Vegas
Eighth District Court Clerk