Opinion
No. 59714.
09-12-2012
Michael Ray HUGHES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.
Michael Ray Hughes Attorney General/Las Vegas
Michael Ray Hughes
Attorney General/Las Vegas
ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE
This is a proper person appeal from an order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; James M. Bixler, Judge.
This appeal has been submitted for decision without oral argument, NRAP 34(f)(3), and we conclude that the record is sufficient for our review and briefing is unwarranted. See
In his petition filed on May 2, 2011, appellant claimed that his 2007 parole hearing was conducted 3 months after his parole eligibility date, he was not provided notification of the hearing, the hearing was continued and conducted in absentia, and he was not provided notification of the results. Appellant allowed that he had since expired his sentence at issue but requested that he be given a retroactive start date for his consecutive sentence.
Appellant acknowledged that he was confined pursuant to a judgment of conviction. Because appellant was not challenging the validity of his judgment of conviction, his claim was not cognizable in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. See NRS 34.360. Accordingly, we
ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.
Luckett v. Warden, 91 Nev. 681, 682, 541 P.2d 910, 911 (1975).