Rogers v. Warden, Nevada State Prison

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, C. J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing a post-conviction application for relief. The petitioner, William Rogers, was convicted of robbery and is presently serving his sentence at the Nevada State Prison. His post-conviction application does not challenge the validity of his conviction. Instead it asserts that he was brutally beaten by the Warden of the Nevada State Prison in violation of federal and state constitutional provisions forbidding cruel and unusual punishments. He therefore seeks release from prison or other appropriate…