IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
JASON GUESS, No. 82160
Petitioner,
vs.
THE STATE OF NEVADA, FILED
Respondent.
DEC 1 1 2020
EUZABETH A. BROWN
=MgpypRias COURT
BY
CIEIK
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
This original, pro se petition for a writ of mandamus seeks a
compassionate release from custody and/or the appointment of counsel to
pursue such a release. Petitioner Jason Guess points to positive COVID-19
cases in the correctional center where he is imprisoned and pandemicrelated changes to his medical treatment. He also mentions concerns with
obtaining adequate court access due to the pandemic, such as restricted
ability to leave his cell and communicate with other inmates.
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,
(1981) (recognizing that "an appellate court is not an
appropriate forum in which to resolve disputed questions of face and
determining that when there are factual issues presented, this court will
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not exercise its discretion to entertain a petition for extraordinary relief
even though "important public interests are involved"). Accordingly, we
ORDER the petition DENIED.'
lett. C.J.
Pickering
ed_A J.
Hardesty Silver
cc: Jason Guess
Attorney General/Carson City
1 Petitioner's failure to provide proof of the petition's service
constitutes an additional basis for denying this petition. NRAP 21(a)(1).
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