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Case Information: 84110

Short Caption:HELTON VS. NEV. VOTERS FIRST PAC (BALLOT ISSUE)Court:Supreme Court

Lower Court Case(s):Carson City - First Judicial District - 21OC001721BClassification:Civil Appeal - General - Other

Disqualifications:Case Status:Remittitur Issued/Case Closed

Replacement:Panel Assigned:
					En Banc
					

To SP/Judge:SP Status:

Oral Argument:06/08/2022 at 10:00 AMOral Argument Location:Las Vegas

Submission Date:06/08/2022How Submitted:After Oral Argument

Expedited

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						Party Information
					

RoleParty NameRepresented By

AppellantNathaniel HeltonDaniel Bravo
							(Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP/Las Vegas)
						Marc E. Elias
							(Elias Law Group LLP/Wash DC)
						Elisabeth C. Frost
							(Elias Law Group LLP/Wash DC)
						Eric Levinrad
							(Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP/Los Angeles)
						Lindsay McAleer
							(Elias Law Group LLP/Seattle)
						Spencer McCandless
							(Former)
						
							(Elias Law Group LLP/Wash DC)
						John M. Samberg
							(Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP/Reno)
						Bradley S. Schrager
							(Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP/Las Vegas)
						

RespondentBarbara K. CegavskeAaron D. Ford
							(Attorney General/Carson City)
						Craig A. Newby
							(Attorney General/Las Vegas)
						Laena St Jules
							(Attorney General/Carson City)
						

RespondentNevada Voters First PACTodd L. Bice
							(Pisanelli Bice, PLLC)
						John A. Fortin
							(Pisanelli Bice, PLLC)
						Jordan T. Smith
							(Pisanelli Bice, PLLC)
						

RespondentTodd L. BiceTodd L. Bice
							(Pisanelli Bice, PLLC)
						John A. Fortin
							(Pisanelli Bice, PLLC)
						Jordan T. Smith
							(Pisanelli Bice, PLLC)
						

Docket Entries

DateTypeDescriptionPending?Document

01/21/2022Filing FeeFiling Fee due for Appeal.  Filing fee will be forwarded by the District Court. (SC)

01/21/2022Notice of Appeal DocumentsFiled Notice of Appeal. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day. (Docketing statement mailed to counsel for appellant.) (SC)22-02147

01/21/2022Notice/OutgoingIssued Notice of Exemption from Settlement Program/File Documents. Transcript request due: 14 days.  Opening brief due: 120 days. (SC)22-02150

01/21/2022Filing FeeFiling Fee Paid. $250.00 from Wolf Rifkin Shapiro Schulman & Rabkin. Check no. 4701. (SC)

01/21/2022MotionFiled Respondents' (Todd L. Bice and Nevada Voters First PAC) Motion for Summary Adjudication. (SC)22-02268

01/21/2022AppendixFiled Respondents' (Todd L. Bice and Nevada Voters First PAC) Appendix in Support of Motion for Summary Adjudication. Vol. 1 (SC)22-02269

01/24/2022Notice of Appeal DocumentsFiled Copy of District Court Docket Entries. (SC)22-02355

01/27/2022MotionFiled Appellant's Response to Motion for Summary Adjudication. (SC)22-02775

01/28/2022Order/ProceduralFiled Order Denying Motion for Summary Adjudication.  (SC)22-02974

01/28/2022Notice/IncomingFiled Respondent's (Nevada Voters First PAC) Notice of Appearance for John Fortin. (SC)22-03016

02/03/2022MotionFiled Appellant's Motion to Associate Counsel Elisabeth Frost, Marc E. Elias, Spencer McCandless, and Lindsay McAleer. (SC)22-03806

02/07/2022MotionFiled Appellant's Motion to Expedite. (SC)22-04177

02/09/2022Transcript RequestFiled Certificate of No Transcript Request. (SC)22-04430

02/14/2022Order/Clerk'sFiled Order Granting Telephonic Extension.  Respondent Nevada Voters First PAC's Opposition to Appellant's Motion to Expedite due:  February 28, 2022.  (SC22-04957

02/14/2022Docketing StatementFiled Appellant's Civil Docketing Statement. (REJECTED PER NOTICE FILED ON 2/15/22) (SC)

02/15/2022Notice/OutgoingIssued Notice of Rejection of Filed Document. (SC)22-05024

02/15/2022MotionFiled Appellant's Motion for Extension of Time to Submit Docketing Statement. (SC)22-05075

02/15/2022Docketing StatementFiled Appellant's Civil Docketing Statement. (SC)22-05076

02/17/2022Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion to Expedite.  Appellant's opening brief and appendix are due by March 1, 2022.  Respondents shall have until April 1, 2022, to file and serve their answering brief, and appellant shall have until April 15, 2022, to file and serve any reply brief.  No extensions of time will be granted absent extraordinary and compelling circumstances demonstrated by written motion.  Upon completion of briefing, this court will expedite its consideration of this matter to the extent its docket allows.  fn1[Appellant's motion for an extension of time to file the docketing statement is granted; the docketing statement was filed on February 15, 2022.]  (SC)22-05386

02/18/2022Order/ProceduralFiled Amended Order Granting Motion to Expedite.22-05457

02/25/2022Notice of Appeal DocumentsFiled Copy of District Court Docket Entries. (SC)22-06245

03/01/2022BriefFiled Appellant's Opening Brief. (SC)22-06617

03/01/2022AppendixFiled Joint Appendix. (SC)22-06618

04/01/2022BriefFiled Respondent's (Barbara Cegavske) Answering Brief. (SC)22-10202

04/01/2022BriefFiled Respondents' (Nevada Voters First PAC, a Nevada Committee for Political Action; and Todd L. Bice, in His Capacity as the President of Nevada Voters First PAC) Answering Brief. (SC)22-10254

04/01/2022AppendixFiled Respondents' Supplemental Appendix to Answering Brief. (SC)22-10255

04/15/2022BriefFiled Appellant's Reply Brief. (SC)22-11975

04/15/2022Case Status UpdateBriefing Completed/To Screening. (SC)

04/19/2022MotionFiled Appellant's Renewed Motion to Associate Counsel Elisabeth Frost, Esq., Pursuant to Nevada Supreme Court Rule 42. (SC)22-12424

05/11/2022Order/ProceduralFiled Order Scheduling Oral Argument.  Oral argument is scheduled for June 8, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., in Las Vegas.  The argument shall be limited to 30 minutes.  (SC)22-14906

05/13/2022Notice of Appeal DocumentsFiled District Court Docket Entries.(SC)22-15281

05/17/2022Notice/IncomingFiled Notice of Association of Counsel Laena St Jules for Respondent (Barbara Cegavske) (SC)22-15626

05/17/2022MotionFiled Respondent's (Barbara K. Cegavske) Motion to Appear Remotely. (SC)22-15627

05/24/2022Notice/OutgoingIssued Oral Argument Reminder Notice. (SC)22-16477

05/25/2022Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. Respondent Barbara Cegavske's motion to appear remotely at the oral argument of this matter currently scheduled for June 8, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. in Las Vegas is granted.  The clerk of this court is directed to provide the information necessary for respondent to appear remotely at the oral argument in this matter. (SC)22-16591

05/25/2022MotionFiled Respondents' Motion to Clarify Appellant's NRAP 26.1 Disclosure. (SC)22-16688

05/26/2022Notice/IncomingFiled Appellant's Notice of Appearance for oral Argument. (SC)22-16732

05/27/2022Notice/IncomingFiled Appellant's Request for Judicial Notice. (SC)22-16993

05/31/2022MotionFiled Appellant's Response to Motion to Clarify Appellant's NRAP 26.1 Disclosure. (SC)22-17118

06/02/2022MotionFiled Respondents' Response to Motion Response and Objection to Appellant's Request for Judicial Notice. (SC)22-17600

06/06/2022Order/ProceduralFiled Order Denying Motions.  Respondents Nevada Voters First PAC and Todd Bice have filed a motion to clarify appellant's NRAP 26.1 disclosure filed on March 1, 2022.  The motion is denied.  Appellant has filed a motion for this court to take judicial notice of a financial impact statement published by the Fiscal Analysis Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau on May 20, 2022.  The request is denied.  (SC)22-17893

06/07/2022Notice/IncomingFiled Appellant's Notice of Disassociation of Counsel Spencer McCandless, Esq.(SC)22-18182

06/08/2022Notice/IncomingFiled Notice of Request from Matthew Seeman with Channel 3 News in regard to permission for cameras in the courtroom during oral argument. (SC)22-18197

06/08/2022Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Media Request.  Matthew Seeman of KSNV News 3 Las Vegas is designated as pool coordinator for purposes of organizing and coordinating the orderly coverage of such proceedings by all participants.  All equipment necessary to allow for such photographic or electronic coverage of such proceedings shall be placed in the courtroom after 9:30 a.m. and before commencement of the hearing in the aforesaid matter.  (SC)22-18217

06/08/2022Case Status UpdateOral argument held this day. Case submitted for decision. Before the Court En Banc. (SC).

06/16/2022Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion to Associate Counsel.  Appellant has filed a motion and a renewed motion to associate attorney Elisabeth Frost of Elias Law Group, LLP, pursuant to SCR 42.  The motion to associate is granted.  Ms. Frost shall be permitted to appear on behalf of appellant in this matter.  Nevada attorney Bradley S. Schrager of Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP, shall be responsible for all matters presented by Ms. Frost in this appeal.  (SC)22-19143

06/28/2022Opinion/DispositionalFiled Authored Opinion. "Affirmed." Before the Court En Banc. Author: Herndon, J. Majority: Parraguirre/Silver/Pickering/Herndon. Cadish, J., with whom, Hardesty and Stiglich, JJ., agree, dissenting. 138 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 45. En Banc. (SC)22-20392

07/25/2022RemittiturIssued Remittitur.  (SC)22-23226

07/25/2022Case Status UpdateRemittitur Issued/Case Closed.  (SC)

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