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Gayler v. Williams

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Mar 14, 2018
No. 73768 (Nev. App. Mar. 14, 2018)

Opinion

No. 73768

03-14-2018

BRANDYN WILLIAM GAYLER, Appellant, v. BRIAN WILLIAMS, WARDEN, Respondent.


ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE

Brandyn William Gayler appeals from an order of the district court denying the postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus he filed on October 12, 2016. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Linda Marie Bell, Judge.

This appeal has been submitted for decision without oral argument. NRAP 34(f)(3).

In his petition, Gayler claimed the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) improperly declined to apply his statutory credits toward his minimum term. The district court denied the petition because Gayler is serving a prison term for attempted sexual assault, a category B felony, see NRS 193.,330(1)(a)(1); NRS 200.366(2), and he committed his crime in 2010. For those reasons, the district court found the NDOC may only apply Gayler's statutory credits toward his maximum term pursuant to NRS 209.4465(8)(d). Given these circumstances, we conclude the district court did not err by denying this claim. Accordingly, we

We conclude Gayler failed to demonstrate NRS 209.4465(7)(b) and NRS 209.4465(8) are ambiguous. See State v Catanio, 120 Nev. 1030, 1033, 102 P.3d 588, 590 (2004) (a statute is ambiguous if the language "lends itself to two or more reasonable interpretations"). --------

ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.

/s/_________, C.J.

Silver

/s/_________, J.

Tao

/s/_________, J.

Gibbons cc: Hon. Linda Marie Bell, District Judge

Brandyn William Gayler

Attorney General/Carson City

Attorney General/Las Vegas

Eighth District Court Clerk


Summaries of

Gayler v. Williams

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Mar 14, 2018
No. 73768 (Nev. App. Mar. 14, 2018)
Case details for

Gayler v. Williams

Case Details

Full title:BRANDYN WILLIAM GAYLER, Appellant, v. BRIAN WILLIAMS, WARDEN, Respondent.

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

Date published: Mar 14, 2018

Citations

No. 73768 (Nev. App. Mar. 14, 2018)