instant case because the appointment of counsel in the prior post- conviction proceedings was not statutorily or constitutionally required.

Crump v. Warden, 113 Nev. 293, 303, 934 P.2d 247, 253 (1997); McKague v. Warden, 112 Nev. 159, 164, 912 P.2d 255, 258 (1996). Therefore, we conclude that the district court did not err in dismissing the petition.

Accordingly, we ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.

J.

Parraguirre

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Douglas

, J.

Cherry

cc: Chief Judge, Tenth Judicial District Hon. Robert E. Estes, Senior Judge Kenneth Wayne McClelland Attorney General/Carson City Churchill County District Attorney/Fallon Churchill County Clerk

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