Opinion
No. 81316
07-24-2020
ALBERT PAIGE, Petitioner, v. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLARK, Respondent, and THE STATE OF NEVADA, Real Party in Interest.
ORDER DENYING PETITION
This original pro se petition for compassionate release seeks petitioner Albert Paige's immediate release from prison. Paige argues that the Nevada Department of Corrections has failed to address unsanitary conditions in the prison and, as a result, the increased risk of Covid-19 infection presents a serious threat to petitioner's health due to his preexisting health conditions.
For many of the same reasons addressed in Kerkorian v. State, Docket No. 80917 (Order Denying Petition, April 30, 2020)—including the presence of fact questions this court is ill-suited to resolve—we deny the petition. See Round Hill Gen. Imp. Dist. v. Newman, 97 Nev. 601, 604, 637 P.2d 534, 536 (1981) (recognizing that "an appellate court is not an appropriate forum in which to resolve disputed questions of fact" and determining that when there are factual issues presented, this court will not exercise its discretion to entertain a petition for extraordinary relief even though "important public interests are involved"). Accordingly, we
ORDER the petition DENIED.
/s/_________, C.J.
Pickering /s/_________, J.
Hardesty /s/_________, J.
Stiglich cc: Albert Paige
Attorney General/Carson City
Clark County District Attorney
Eighth District Court Clerk