Followill (Nicole) v. State, Parole Bd. Of Comm'Rs

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
NICOLE CHRISTINE FOLLOWILL, No. 84690
Petitioner,
vs.
STATE OF NEVADA PAROLE BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS; FILED
COMMISSIONER LAMICIA BAILEY;
COMMISSIONER ERIC JUN 1 5 2022
CHRISTIANSEN; COMMISSIONER
ELIZABETH A. BROWN
DONNA VERCHIO; COMMISSIONER CLERK g7REME COURT
BY
SCOTT WEISENTHAL; AND KATIE DEPUTY CLERK
FRANKER, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY,
Res • ondents.
ORDER DENYING PETITION
This is an original pro se petition for a writ of mandamus
challenging the denial of parole.
Having considered the petition, we are not persuaded that our
extraordinary intervention is warranted. See NRS 34.160; NRS 34.170; Pan
v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 224, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 841, 844
(2004) (noting that a writ of mandamus is proper only when there is no
plain, speedy, and adequate remedy at law and explaining that petitioner
bears the burden of demonstrating that writ relief is warranted). A
challenge to the denial of parole should be raised in a petition for a writ of
mandamus filed in the district court in the first instance so that factual and
legal issues are fully developed, giving this court an adequate record to
review. See Round Hill Gen. Improvement Dist. v. Newman, 97 Nev. 601,
604, 637 P.2d 534, 536 (1981) (recognizing that "an appellate court is not an
appropriate forum in which to resolve disputed questions of face); State v.
Cty. of Dougla.s, 90 Nev. 272, 276-77, 524 P.2d 1271, 1274 (1974) (noting
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that "this court prefers that such an application [for writ relief] be
addressed to the discretion of the appropriate district court" in the first
instance), abrogated on other grounds by Cortez Masto v. Gypsum Res., 129
Nev. 23, 33-34, 294 P.3d 404, 410-11 (2013). Petitioner may appeal to this
court from a final decision. Accordingly, we
ORDER the petition DENIED.
C.J.
Parraguirre
J.
Hardesty
A4.4:4-0 J.
Stiglich
cc: Nicole Christine Followill
Attorney General/Carson City
Attorney General/Dep't of Public Safety/Carson City
Eighth District Court Clerk
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