IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

DEANGELO LAMONT MITCHELL, No. 76960 Petitioner, v s. NEVADA LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL, FIE:1313

Respondent. NOV 2018 ELI k. BROYThl CIE kEME COURE BY rEpTi LEISK ORDER DENYING PETITION This petition for a writ of mandamus requests clarification of whether the Legislature's 2017 amendment to NRS 176.017, which applied prospectively only, violates equal protection and due process. We decline to exercise our original jurisdiction because petitioner ultimately challenges the validity of his judgment and sentence and therefore must pursue his claims in a postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in the district court in the first instance? NRS 34.724(2)(b); NRS 34.738(1). Accordingly, we ORDER the petition DENIED.

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CC: Deangelo Lamont Mitchell Attorney General/Carson City

1 We express no opinion as to whether petitioner could meet the procedural requirements of NRS chapter 34. SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA 1v. 9171-piv3 (0) 1947A el