Hanson (Leo) v. State ( 2013 )

 660, 764 P.2d 1303, 1306 (1988) (holding that petitioner's claim of organic
brain damage, borderline mental retardation, and reliance on assistance of
inmate law clerk unschooled in the law did not constitute good cause for
the filing of a successive post-conviction petition).
Next, appellant claimed he had good cause due to a lack of
access to the prison law library and because the prison law library is
inadequate. Appellant failed to demonstrate that inadequate law libraries
or lack of access to the library deprived him of meaningful access to the
courts. See Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817, 828 (1977), limited by Lewis v.
Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 354-56 (1996). Appellant's previous proper person
motions filed in the district court indicate that his access to the court was
not improperly limited by restrictions on use of the prison law library or
due to prison law library policies. Accordingly, he failed to demonstrate
that official interference caused him to be unable to comply with the
procedural bars. See Hathaway v. State, 119 Nev. 248, 252, 71 P.3d 503,
506 (2003). Therefore, the district court did not err in dismissing the
petition as procedurally barred. Accordingly, we
ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.
Gibbons
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J.
Douglas
J.
Saitta
SUPREME COURT
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cc: Hon. James M. Bixler, District Judge
Leo David Hanson
Attorney General/Carson City
Clark County District Attorney
Eighth District Court Clerk
SUPREME COURT
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NEVADA
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