### IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

SIGAL CHATTAH, Petitioner, vs. THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CARSON CITY;AND THE HONORABLE JAMES E. WILSON, DISTRICTJUDGE, Respondents, and BARBARA K. CEGAVSKE, IN HER CAPACITYAS NEVADA SECRETARY OF STATE;AND JOHN T. KENNEDY, AN INDIVIDUAL, Real Partiesin Interest. No. 85298 

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ORDERDENYING PETITION This original petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition challenges a district court order denying an application for a temporary restraining order and motion for preliminary injunction in an action challenging a candidate's qualifications for the Office ofAttorney General. Petitioner requests reliefby September 15, 2022.

Thewritsthatpetitionerseeksgenerallyarenotavailablewhen thepetitionerhasaplain,speedy, andadequateremedyatlaw. NRS34.170 (mandamus); NRS 34.330 (prohibition); Walker Li. Second Judicial Dist. Court, 136 Nev. 678, 679-80, 476 P.3d 1194, 1196 (2020) (discussing adequate remedies that preclude writ relief in the context of resolving a petition for a writ of mandamus). Here, petitioner has another remedy at 

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3A(b)(3) because it "refus[es} to grant an injunction." Thus, the circumstances here are unlike other caseswhere this court has entertained a writ petition even though another remedy was available. See, e.g., D.R. Horton, Inc. v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 123 Nev. 468, 474-75, 168 P.3d 731, 736 (2007) (explaining that "[w]hether a future appeal is sufficiently adequate and speedy necessarily turns on the underlying proceedings' status, the types ofissuesraised in the writ petition, and whether a future appeal will permit this court to meaningfully review the issues presented" and concluding that "an eventual appeal" many years later would be "neither a speedy nor adequate remedy" when the issue involved prelitigation notice of construction defects meant to prevent litigation altogether and the case had already been pendingin district court for more than two years); Falcke v. Douglas County, 116 Nev. 583, 586-87, 3 P.3d 661, 662-63 (2000) (recognizing that petitioner could have sought relief through declaratory relief action but concluding that the case presented urgent and important issues of law that should be addressed via a writ petition to avoid further delay). And petitioner has filed a notice ofappeal from the district court's order, which has been docketed in this court as Chattah v. Cegauske, No. 85302. She can request an expedited briefing schedule in that appeal to the extent one is warranted. See NRAP 2 ("On the court's own or a party's motion, the court may—to expedite its decision or for other good cause—suspend any provision of these Rules in a particular case and order proceedings as the court directs . . . .").

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