IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

ISRAEL BARLOW, No, 71925 Petitioner, vs. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF FILED CLARK; AND THE HONORABLE RENA G. HUGHES, DISTRICT JUDGE, JAN 1 3 2097 Respondents, and JULIE YOUNG, Real Party in Interest.

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS This is an original pro se petition for a writ of mandamus challenging a district court order for contempt in a child support enforcement action.

Having considered the petition, we conclude that petitioner has not demonstrated that our intervention by extraordinary writ relief is warranted. See Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004). Petitioner has not demonstrated that the district court's finding of contempt constitutes an arbitrary or capricious exercise of discretion. See Int? Game Tech., Inc. v. Second Judicial Dist. Court, 124 Nev. 193, 197, 179 P.3d 556, 558 (2008). To the extent petitioner asserts a financial hardship in making the payments, that issue involves factual determinations that should be presented to the district court in the first instance. See Round Hill Gen. Improvement Dist. v. Newman, 97 Nev. 601, 604, 637 P.2d 534, 536 (1981). Accordingly, we decline to intervene at SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA

IQ) I947A 1pp this time, see Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 107 Nev. 674, 677, 818 P.2d 849, 851 (1991) (stating that a petition for extraordinary writ relief is purely discretionary with this court), and we ORDER the petition DENIED.

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Gibbons

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cc: Hon. Rena G. Hughes, District Judge, Family Court Division Israel Barlow Clark County District Attorney Eighth District Court Clerk

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