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04-03-2013:11 :57:28 AM
Joey Orduna Hastings
Clerk of the Court
Transaction # 3635404
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IN THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
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IN AND FOR T COUNTY OF WASHOE
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ZACH COUGHLIN,
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Petitioner,
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vs.
RNO JUSTICE COURT, CHIEF JUSTICE
SCOTT PEARSON, JUDGE DAVID WAYNE
CLIFTONIW ASHOE COUNTY
DISTRCT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,
Respondents.

ORDER
Case No. CR13-0552
Dept. No. 10
The Court is in receipt of an "Emereency Petition for Writ of Mandaaus (sic) and IPF
MOTION and Declaration of Pover" (hereinafer, "the document")(emphasis and varying font in the
original) file stamped April 2, 2013. The document in question fails to state a rational claim upon
which the Court can rule. Further, the document does not direct the Cour to the factual andor legal
gounds upon which the document should be considered. Indeed, the Court is unclear what is being
sought by way of the fling of te document.
The document fails to follow numerous applicable District Court Rules (hereinafer,
"D.C.R.") and local rules (hereinafer, "WCR"). 3cccac|ohy,D.C.R. 12, D.C.R. 13, WDCR 10,
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and WDCR12. u/ rcc,WDCR 18 (te Court does not believe that WDCR 18 authorizes the
complete abandonment of all of the other rules in criminal matters). D.C.R. 5 states in fll:
These rules shall be liberally constued to secure the proper ad efcient administation of
the business and afairs of the court and to promote and facilitate the administration of justice
by te court.
These rules cover the practice ad procedure in all actions in the district courts of all disticts
where no local rule covering the same subject has been approved by the supreme court. Local
rules which are approved for a particular judicial district shall be applied in each instance
whether they are the same as or inconsistent with these rules.
It is the Court's conclusion that te docwent is in violation ofD.C.R . 5.
The Court also fnds that the petitioner has failed to qualify to represent himself pursuat to
S.C.R. 253. 3cco/ro,!o|c//ov. Co/yo|a/o,422 U.S. 806,95 S.Ct. 2525 (1975), Hookv. 3/o/c, 124
Nev. 48 (2008) and qacv. 3/o/c,100 Nev. 582 (1984). The canvass required pursuant to S.C.R
253(1) is mandatory in every case where a defendant appears in district court and chooses self
representation.
For all of the foregoing reasons it is hereby ORDE RED that the docwent is stricken and the
Court shall take no frther action on the docwnent.
DATED this jay of April, 2013.
DISTR ICT JGE
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CERTIFICATE OF MAILING
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Pursuant to NRCP 5(b), I certify that I am an employee of the Second Judicial Distric
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Cour of the State of Nevada, County of Washoe; that on this day of April, 2013, I deposited in
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te County mailing system for postage and mailing with the United States Postal Service in Reno,
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Nevada, a true copy of the attached document addressed to:
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Zah Couin
1471 E. 9 Street
Reno, NV 89512
Judge David Clifon
Reno Justice Court, Dept. 5
P.O. Box 30083
Reno, NV 89520-3083
Judge Scott Pearson
Reno Justice Cour, Dept. 4
P.O. Box 30083
Reno,} 89520-3083
Richard A. Gammick, Esq.
Washoe County Distct Attorey's Ofce
P.O. Box 11130
Reno, NV 89520
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