Case Name: SHERIFF OF WASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA, Appellant, v. POOLSAWAS CHUMPHOL, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada
Jurisdiction: Nevada
Decision Date: 1979-12-11
Citations: 95 Nev. 818
Docket Number: No. 12302
Parties: SHERIFF OF WASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA, Appellant, v. POOLSAWAS CHUMPHOL, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Nevada Reports
Volume: 95
Pages: 818–818

Head Matter:
SHERIFF OF WASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA, Appellant, v. POOLSAWAS CHUMPHOL, Respondent.
No. 12302
December 11, 1979
603 P.2d 690
Richard H. Bryan, Attorney General, Carson City; Calvin R. X. Dunlap, District Attorney, and William A. S. Magrath, II, Deputy District Attorney, Washoe County, for Appellant.
Terry A. Friedman, Reno, for Respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION
Per Curiam:
On September 25, 1979, respondent filed a pretrial petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition did not contain the consent required by NRS 34.375(l)(b)(3). Such a petition may not be considered. NRS 34.375(1); 34.380(4)(a). In addition, the petition was not verified as required by NRS 34.370(3). An unverified petition for a writ of habeas corpus is not cognizable. Sheriff v. Arvey, 93 Nev. 72, 560 P.2d 153 (1977). Nevertheless, the district court granted the petition, and the state has appealed.
We do not reach the merits of the appeal. The habeas petition was not cognizable in the district court for both of the reasons stated above. Accordingly, we reverse. This proceeding is remanded to the district court with instructions to dismiss the petition. See Sheriff v. Toston, 93 Nev. 394, 566 P.2d 411 (1977).