IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

NEVADA GOLD MINES, LLC, No. 84764 Petitioner, Vs. THE NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL F f L. Is D RESOURCES; OFFICE OF THE STATE ENGINEER OF THE STATE OF JUN 30 2022 NEVADA; AND ADAM SULLIVAN, IN clizancriiA er HIS CAPACITY AS STATE ENGINEER, CLEFCOF sy REME COURT Respondents. BY elena

ORDER DENYING PETITION This original petition for a writ of prohibition or mandamus challenges the validity of respondent State Engineer’s Order No. 1329.

Having considered the petition and its supporting documents, we are not persuaded that our discretionary and extraordinary intervention is warranted. Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 107 Nev. 674, 677, 679, 818 P.2d 849, 851, 853 (1991) (observing that this court’s intervention by way of writ relief is purely discretionary and is utilized only in extraordinary circumstances); Pan v. Kighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004) (observing that the party seeking writ relief bears the burden of showing such relief is warranted). Among other reasons, we are not persuaded that our consideration of petitioner's Supreme Court OF NEVADA (0) 19470 <BR Ae ae OCUS

presented issues is warranted in the context of this writ petition when, as petitioner acknowledges, there is ongoing litigation involving those same issues. Accordingly, we ORDER the petition DENIED.

_ J.

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