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FILED
                                                                       IN THE OFFICE OF THE
                                                                    CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
                                                                         NOVEMBER 9, 2023
                                                                     STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

                  IN THE SUPREME COURT
                  STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

                                 2023 ND 211

Neil Adam McGinnis,                                   Petitioner and Appellant
      v.
State of North Dakota,                               Respondent and Appellee

                                No. 20230119

Appeal from the District Court of Burleigh County, South Central Judicial
District, the Honorable James S. Hill, Judge.

AFFIRMED.

Per Curiam.

Leo P. O’Day, Fargo, N.D., for petitioner and appellant; submitted on brief.

Robert N. Togni, Assistant State’s Attorney, Bismarck, N.D., for respondent
and appellee; submitted on brief.
                             McGinnis v. State
                               No. 20230119

Per Curiam.

[¶1] Neil McGinnis appeals from a district court order denying his petition
for postconviction relief. On appeal, he argues the district court erred when it
found that he made no coherent argument as to why a parole officer’s testimony
was perjured and that his attack on the officer’s credibility was made without
any admissible supporting evidence. Findings of fact made in a postconviction
relief proceeding are subject to the clearly erroneous standard of review.
Bridges v. State, 2021 ND 232, ¶ 5, 968 N.W.2d 188. After a full review of the
record, we conclude the district court’s findings are not clearly erroneous. We
summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).

[¶2] Jon J. Jensen, C.J.
     Daniel J. Crothers
     Lisa Fair McEvers
     Jerod E. Tufte
     Douglas A. Bahr

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