Opinion
No. 65027
05-12-2014
KEITH S. HOOVER, Petitioner, v. NEVADA BOARD OF PAROLE COMMISSIONERS; TONY CQRDA, BOARD MEMBER; SUSAN JACKSON, BOARD MEMBER; DARLA FOLEY, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, NEVADA BOARD OF PAROLE COMMISSIONERS; JOHN DOE, PAROLE & PROBATION, REVOCATION HEARING REPRESENTATIVE; K. HICKMAN, WASHOE COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE; NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION OF PAROLE AND PROBATION; JANE DOE AGENT OF PAROLE & PROBATION (SERVED VIOLATION REPORT); DPS OFFICER, WESLEY JACKSON, DIVISION OF PAROLE & PROBATION; DPS SARGEANT, JORGE PIERROTT, DIVISION OF PAROLE & PROBATION; DPS LIEUTENANT, STEPHANIE O'ROURKE, DIVISION OF PAROLE & PROBATION; BERNARD W. CURTIS, CHIEF, STATE OF NV. DEPT. PUBLIC SAFETY; JAMES WRIGHT, DIRECTOR STATE OF NV. DEPT. PUBLIC SAFETY; THE RIDGE HOUSE, INC.; STEVEN BURT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RIDGE HOUSE, INC.; JOHN "UNKNOWN" "ACTING DIRECTOR" ON 9/6/2013 RIDGE HOUSE INC.; DAVE BACHALO, RIDGE HOUSE MANAGER, RIDGE HOUSE INC.; DANNI ABREIU (SIC) ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, RIDGE HOUSE INC.; DUSTIN "UNKNOWN" ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, RIDGE HOUSE INC.; BEV "UNKNOWN" COUNSELOR (LADC) THE RIDGE HOUSE INC.; DANIEL HIGHT, COUNSELOR (LADC) THE RIDGE HOUSE INC.; WAITER "UNKNOWN" A.KA. "C.J." HOUSE MANAGER, THE RIDGE HOUSE INC.; GREG COX, DIRECTOR OF PRISONS, STATE OF NEVADA; GREG SMITH, WARDEN, WARM SPRINGS CORR. CENTER, N.D.O.C. STATE OF NV.; CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF NEVADA; AND BRIAN SANDOVAL, GOVERNOR, STATE OF NEVADA, Respondents.
An unpublished order shall not be regarded as precedent and shall not be cited as legal authority. SCR 123.
ORDER DENYING PETITION
This is a proper person petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner challenges the revocation of his parole and claims that his due process rights were violated at the revocation hearing. 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 revocation of parole should be raised in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in the district court in the first instance. See NRS 34.360; NRAP 22. Accordingly, we
ORDER the petition DENIED.
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Hardesty
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Douglas
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Cherry
cc: Keith Shannon Hoover
Attorney General/Carson City