IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

NORMAN HAROLD FLOWERS, III, No. 77565 Petitioner, vs. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLARK; AND THE HONORABLE RONALD J. ISRAEL, DISTRICT JUDGE, DEC 13 2' 11..L!ME11-1 :., .,c7.COAN Respondents, CLL:;-th". COURT and THE STATE OF NEVADA, Real Party in Interest.

ORDER DENYING PETITION This petition for a writ of mandamus challenges a district court order denying a pretrial petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Having considered the petition, we are not satisfied that this court's intervention by way of extraordinary relief is warranted. See Kuss man v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 96 Nev. 544, 545-46, 612 P.2d 679, 680 (1980) (explaining that review of a pretrial probable cause determination through an original writ petition is disfavored); Ostman v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 107 Nev. 563, 565, 816 P.2d 458, 459-60 (1991) (entertaining a

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(0) 1947A e ig -61 ossK pretrial challenge to a probable cause determination by original writ petition where the petition presented purely legal issues). Accordingly, we ORDER the petition DENIED. 1

Piciltem cite J. Pickering

Gibbon's

Hardesty

cc: Hon. Ronald J. Israel, District Judge Law Office of Betsy Allen Karen A. Connolly, Ltd. Attorney General/Carson City Clark County District Attorney Eighth District Court Clerk

'We deny the petition for a stay as moot.

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