IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

JAIME RAY BERRY, No. 68319 Petitioner, vs. MS. PAM FEIL, LAW LIBRARY SUPERVISOR; MR. ROBERT FILED LEGRAND, WARDEN, LOVELOCK JUL 2 8 2016 CORRECTIONAL CENTER; MR. JAMES G. COX, DIRECTOR NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; AND THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondents.

ORDER DENYING PETITION This is a pro se petition for a writ of mandamus seeking an order directing the Lovelock Correctional Center and Nevada Department of Corrections to make notary services available without having to present identification with a signature. Without deciding upon the merits of any claims raised in the documents submitted in this matter, we decline to exercise our original jurisdiction. See NRS 34.160; NRS 34.170. The instant petition raises factual issues that are better addressed in the district court in the first instance. See Round Hill Gen. Improvement Din. v. Newman, 97 Nev. 601, 604, 637 P.2d 534, 536 (1981) ("When disputed factual issues are critical in demonstrating the propriety of a writ of

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to; i 947A .040 mandamus, the writ should be sought in the district court, with appeal from an adverse judgnient to this court."). Accordingly, we ORDER the petition DENIED.

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cc: Jaime Ray Berry Attorney General/Carson City

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