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 appellants have a speedy and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law in the form of a lawsuit challenging the conditions of their confinement. In their proper person appeal statement, appellants provide no argument as to why they cannot challenge in a lawsuit the prison's new procedures regarding inmate access to the law library and how legal research is to be conducted.

Accordingly, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying appellants' petition for writ relief, and we ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.

Hardesty

Lai (AR , J. J.

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cc: Hon. James E. Wilson, District Judge Howard Lee White John Randall Quintero Attorney General/Carson City Carson City Clerk SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA (0) 1947A e