IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

JEFFREY D. CHURCH, No. 75561 Petitioner, vs. FILED WASHOE COUNTY COMMISSION, MAY 1 5 2018 Respondent. ELIZABETH A. BROWN CLERK OF SUPREME COURT

DEPUTY CLERK a ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS This original petition for a writ of mandamus seeks an order prohibiting the Washoe County Commission from placing a question regarding a proposed tax on the November 2018 election ballot. We are not persuaded that our extraordinary and discretionary intervention is warranted. NRS 34.160 (providing that mandamus may issue "to compel the performance of an act which the law especially enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust or station"); Pan ix Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004) ("Petitioners carry the burden of demonstrating that extraordinary relief is warranted."): Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 107 Nev. 674, 677, 679, 818 P.2d 849, 851, 853 0991) (observing that decision to issue- writ of mandamus "is purely discretionary"). Accordingly, we ORDER the petition DENIED.

cc: Cooper Levenson, P.A. Attorney General/Carson City Washoe County District Attorney SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA

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