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04/23/2024
                                            EIGINAL
        \ IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
                                                                                        Case Number: OP 24-0221

                                        OP 24-0221

                                                                        ALEC
 SEAN MICHAEL BELL,
                                                                         APR 2 3 2024
                                                                       Bowen Greenwood
              Petitioner,                                            Clerk of Supreme Court
                                                                        State of Montana

        v.
                                                                      ORDER
 JIM SALMONSEN, Warden,
 Montana State Prison,

              Respondent.

       Representing himself, Sean Michael Bell has filed a "Petition For Mont. Const.
Art. II § 22 Relieffl" with this Court. In three, handwritten sentences, Bell requests that
this Court "Order the Prison to Shur off the speaker in his cell wall because the sepeaker is
not allowing him to sleep. He alleges cruel and unusual punishment and represents that he
has asked the prison staff to turn the speaker off.
       Bell's remedy is not with this Court.          This Court may exercise its original
jurisdiction over writs "commenced . . . to obtain writs of habeas corpus, injunction, review
or certiorari, mandate, quo warranto, and other remedial writs or orders," and "conducted
in the manner prescribed by the applicable sections of the Montana Code Annotated for the
conduct of such or analogous proceedings and by these rules." M. R. App. P. 14(2). Bell
has not presented a request for any type of viable writ upon which this Court may exercise
its original jurisdiction. M. R. App. P. 14(1).
       Bell's remedy is with the Montana State Prison. He should avail himself of the
Department of Corrections policies, such as submitting an Offender/Staff Request form
under DOC Policy 3.3.5 or filing a grievance under DOC Policy 3.3.3, conceming the use
or volume of the speaker in his cell wall.            Bell should seek relief through these
administrative policies.
      Bell's request for relief is not cognizable under any extraordinary relief, pursuant to
M. R. App. P. 14(2). Therefore,
      IT IS ORDERED that Bell's Petition For Mont. Const. Art. II § 22 Relief is
DISMISSED.
      IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this matter is CLOSED as of the Order's date.
      The Clerk of the Supreme Court is directed to provide a copy of this Order to counsel
of record and to Sean Mic ael Bell.
      DATED this           of April, 2024.

                                                               Chief Justice

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