1105, 146 P.3d 801, 805 (2006) ("When reviewing a district court order resolving a petition for mandamus relief, this court considers whether the district court has abused its discretion.").

A writ of mandamus is an extraordinary remedy, and writ relief is generally available only when there is no plain, speedy, and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law. NRS 34.170; Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 107 Nev. 674, 677, 679, 818 P.2d 849, 851, 853 (1991). The district court found in its order that appellant has a speedy and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law in the form of a § 1983 civil rights suit. In his proper person appeal statement, appellant provides no argument as to why he could not file his claims in a § 1983 civil rights suit. Accordingly, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying appellant's petition for writ relief, and we ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.'

/ Xt,._t x Hardesty

"We have reviewed all of appellant's arguments on appeal, and conclude that they lack merit.

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