Opinion
No. 72400
04-19-2017
DERRICK LAMAR MCKNIGHT, Petitioner, v. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLARK; AND THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondents.
cc: Derrick Lamar McKnight Attorney General/Carson City Clark County District Attorney Eighth District Court Clerk
ORDER DENYING PETITION
This is an original petition for a writ of mandamus seeking an order directing the district court to appoint counsel for petitioner and allow him to file a supplemental postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We note petitioner has appealed from the denial of his postconviction petition and that appeal is pending in Docket No. 72178. Because petitioner can challenge the district court's denial of the appointment of counsel in his pending appeal, he has a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy at law and, therefore, this court's intervention by way of an extraordinary writ is not warranted. See NRS 34.170. Without deciding upon the merits of any claim raised in this petition, we decline to exercise original jurisdiction in this matter, see NRS 34.160, and we
ORDER the petition DENIED.
/s/_________, C.J.
Silver /s/_________, J.
Tao /s/_________, J.
Gibbons cc: Derrick Lamar McKnight
Attorney General/Carson City
Clark County District Attorney
Eighth District Court Clerk