Court Opinion

ID: 2714186
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2014-08-06 15:30:07.58986+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:30:24.691364
License: Public Domain

A writ of certiorari is an extraordinary remedy that will be
                granted when an inferior tribunal has exceeded its jurisdiction and there
                is no appeal or other plain, speedy, and adequate remedy available NRS
                34.020(2); Zamarripa v. First Judicial Dist. Court, 103 Nev. 638, 640, 747
                P.2d 1386, 1387 (1987). This court has 'the discretion to determine
                whether to entertain a petition for a writ of certiorari.                     Zamarripa, 103
                Nev. at 640, 747 P.2d at 1387.
                            Based on our review of these matters, we conclude that our
                intervention by way of extraordinary relief is not warranted. Petitioner's
                single-page petitions merely provide vague requests that this court
                overturn the alleged eviction order without providing copies of the
                challenged order, any other supporting documents, or any arguments as to
                why the order was in error. Without the order, appendix, or argument,
                this court has "no way of properly evaluating the petition" because this
                court does not have information essential to this court's understanding of
                the matters set forth in the writ petition.          Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist.
                Court, 120 Nev. 222, 229, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004); see also NRAP 21(a)(4);
                NRAP 21(c).
                            While petitioner requests, both in her initial petition and in
                Docket No. 65802, that she be allowed additional time to file an appendix
                because she is disabled, she did not provide any affidavit, declaration, or
                other information concerning her disability and has not taken any other
                action in these matters since the filing of this petition. And as noted
                above, even if petitioner had filed an appendix, she failed to provide any
                cogent argument regarding why this court could consider her writ petition
                and did not cite to any authority supporting her position.                     See Edwards v.
                Emperor's Garden Rest., 122 Nev. 317, 330 n.38, 130 P.3d 1280, 1288 n.38

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                (2006) (declining to consider an issue when the party failed "to cogently
                argue, and present relevant authority, in support of his appellate
                concerns"). We therefore decline to grant petitioner further time to file an
                appendix in these matters.
                             Thus, because petitioner has failed to provide necessary cogent
                arguments or supporting documents with regard to these matters, we
                conclude that these petitions should be denied, 1 id.; Pan, 120 Nev. at 229,
                88 P.3d at 844; albeit, without prejudice to petitioner's ability to file a new
                petition accompanied by the necessary supporting documents and
                providing sufficient arguments to support her position.
                             It is so ORDERED. 2

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                      'We note that, in addition to the deficiencies noted above, petitioner
                has not provided certificates of service indicating that she properly served
                these petitions on respondents or real party in interest. NRAP 21(a)(1);
                NRAP 25(d) (setting forth requirements for proof of service). Petitioner
                must properly serve each document filed with this court and file a
                completed certificate of service with the• document when it is filed with
                this court, NRAP 25(b)-(d), and the failure to do so could constitute an
                independent basis for denying these petitions.

                      2 Inlight of this order, we deny as moot petitioner's request for a stay
                of the underlying matter.

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                    cc: Hon. James M. Bixler, District Judge
                         Michelle Bradford
                         Canyon Pointe
                         Eighth District Court Clerk

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