IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

NATHAN MYPHRON WILLIAMS, No._71033 Petitioner, vs. FILED THE STATE OF NEVADA; SOUTHERN DESERT CORRECTIONAL CENTER; OCT 1 3 2016 AND BRIAN WILLIAMS, EUZABETH A BROWN CLERKpf S PREME COURT Respondents. BY • DEPUTY CLERK

ORDER DENYING PETITION This is a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner challenges the validity of his judgment of conviction and sentence.

Without deciding upon the merits of any claims raised in the documents submitted in this matter, we decline to exercise our original jurisdiction.

A challenge to the validity of the judgment of conviction must be raised in a postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in the district court in the first instance. 1 NRS 34.724(2)(b); NRS 34.738(1).

Accordingly, we ORDER the petition DENIED.

J.

Douglas Gibbons

'We express no opinion as to whether petitioner could meet the procedural requirements of NRS chapter 34.

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