Court Opinion

ID: 3187175
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Date Created: 2016-03-21 14:29:16.437832+00
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

                PETER JASON HELFRICH,                                  No. 67530
                Petitioner,
                vs.
                THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
                COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA,
                IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF                                      FILED
                CLARK,
                Respondent.                                                   MAR 1 8 2016
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                       ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                            This original pro se petition for a writ of mandamus as
                amended, asks this court to compel respondent to (1) reverse its order
                vacating all pending motions and to grant those motions and (2) transfer
                venue to the First Judicial District Court. Although petitioner argues that
                respondent has failed to transfer venue to the First Judicial District Court
                as set forth in respondent's September 24, 2014, order, appellant appealed
                from that order and then filed this writ petition while that appeal was still
                pending. Thus, when petitioner submitted this writ petition on March 9,
                2015, respondent lacked jurisdiction to transfer venue because petitioner's
                appeal from the venue transfer order had not yet been resolved. Foster v.
                Dingwall, 126 Nev. 49, 52, 228 P.3d 453, 454-55 (2010). Subsequently,
                however, the venue transfer order was affirmed, see Helfrich v. Marshall,
                Docket No. 66711 (Order of Affirmance, March 12, 2015), and remittitur
                issued on April 22, 2015, at which time jurisdiction was returned to
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                respondent for it to transfer venue to the First Judicial District Court.
                This writ petition is therefore moot. Accordingly, we
                            ORDER the petition DENIED.

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                cc: Peter Jason Helfrich
                     Attorney General/Carson City
                      Eighth District Court Clerk

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