Opinion ID: 2500575
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Heading: Writ relief

Text: A writ of prohibition may issue to arrest the proceedings of a district court exercising its judicial functions when such proceedings are in excess of the jurisdiction of the district court. [6] NRS 34.320. Writ relief is generally not available if the petitioner has a plain, speedy and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law. NRS 34.330; see International Game Tech. v. Dist. Ct., 124 Nev. 193, 197, 179 P.3d 556, 558 (2008). Additionally, the decision to issue writ relief lies within the discretion of this court. Smith v. District Court, 107 Nev. 674, 677, 818 P.2d 849, 851 (1991). Petitioners bear the burden to demonstrate that our intervention by way of extraordinary relief is warranted. Pan v. Dist. Ct., 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004). Discovery matters are within the district court's sound discretion, and we will not disturb a district court's ruling regarding discovery unless the court has clearly abused its discretion. Matter of Adoption of Minor Child, 118 Nev. 962, 968, 60 P.3d 485, 489 (2002). Thus, we generally will not exercise our discretion to review discovery orders through petitions for extraordinary relief, unless the challenged discovery order is one that is likely to cause irreparable harm, such as a blanket discovery order, issued without regard to the relevance of the information sought, or an order that requires disclosure of privileged information. See Hetter v. District Court, 110 Nev. 513, 515, 874 P.2d 762, 763 (1994). Here, a writ of prohibition is the appropriate avenue for relief because Club Vista does not have a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy at law. If, as Club Vista asserts, the discovery permitted by the district court's order is inappropriate, a later appeal would not effectively remedy any improper disclosure of information. Wardleigh v. District Court, 111 Nev. 345, 350-51, 891 P.2d 1180, 1183-84 (1995) (If improper discovery were allowed, the assertedly privileged information would irretrievably lose its confidential and privileged quality and petitioners would have no effective remedy, even by a later appeal.). Accordingly, we now turn to whether a writ of prohibition should issue in this case.