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Derrick Everett Bishop v. State

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Feb 15, 2019
No. 75463-COA (Nev. App. Feb. 15, 2019)

Opinion

No. 75463-COA

02-15-2019

DERRICK EVERETT BISHOP, A/K/A DERICK BISHOP, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA; AND JAMES DZURENDA, DIRECTOR OF NDOC, Respondents.


ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE

Derrick Everett Bishop appeals from an order of the district court dismissing a postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus. First Judicial District Court, Carson City; James Todd Russell, Judge.

This appeal has been submitted for decision without oral argument and we conclude the record is sufficient for our review and briefing is unwarranted. NRAP 34(f)(3), (g). --------

In his January 2, 2018, petition, Bishop claimed the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) improperly declined to apply his statutory credits toward his parole eligibility date. The district court dismissed Bishop's petition on the basis that he made a bare allegation, but also found Bishop was convicted of a category B felony and committed the offense in 2016. As the record contained sufficient information concerning Bishop's conviction, it was not accurate to conclude that his claim was a bare allegation. Nevertheless, Because NRS 209.4465(8)(d) precludes the application of credit to a prisoner convicted of a category B felony, and the district court's findings concerning Bishop's conviction are supported by the record, we conclude the district court did not err by dismissing Bishop's petition. See Wyatt v. State, 86 Nev. 292, 298, 468 P.2d 338, 341 (1970). Accordingly, we

ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.

/s/_________, A.C.J.

Douglas

/s/_________, J.

Tao

/s/_________, J.

Gibbons cc: Hon. James Todd Russell, District Judge

Derrick Everett Bishop

Attorney General/Carson City

Carson City Clerk


Summaries of

Derrick Everett Bishop v. State

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Feb 15, 2019
No. 75463-COA (Nev. App. Feb. 15, 2019)
Case details for

Derrick Everett Bishop v. State

Case Details

Full title:DERRICK EVERETT BISHOP, A/K/A DERICK BISHOP, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF…

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

Date published: Feb 15, 2019

Citations

No. 75463-COA (Nev. App. Feb. 15, 2019)