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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
MICHAEL ALAN LEE, No. 84328
Petitioner,
vs.
THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA. ai = oD
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
CLARK; AND THE HONORABLE MAR 1 1 2022
DAVID BARKER, CLIZARETH A. BROWN
Respondents, CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
and Yet
THE STATE OF NEVADA,
Real Party in Interest.
ORDER GRANTING IN PART PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
This original petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition
challenges a district court order denying petitioner’s motion to disqualify
the entire Clark County District Attorney’s Office.
A writ of mandamus is available to compel the performance of
an act that the law requires as a duty arising from an office, trust. or station,
or to control a manifest abuse of or an arbitrary or capricious exercise of
discretion. NRS 34.160; State v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court (Armstrong),
127 Nev. 927, 931, 267 P.3d 777, 779 (2011); Round Hill Gen. Imp. Dist. v.
Newman, 97 Nev. 601. 603-04, 637 P.2d 534, 536 (1981). A writ of
prohibition is available to restrain a district court’s proceedings that “are
without or in excess of jits] jurisdiction.” NRS 34.320. This court has
discretion in determining whether to entertain a petition for extraordinary
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