Opinion
No. 75874
04-23-2018
SCOTT M. SELCO, M.D.; DIGNITY HEALTH, D/B/A ST. ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITAL-SIENA CAMPUS Petitioner, v. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLARK; AND THE HONORABLE DAVID M. JONES, DISTRICT JUDGE, Respondents, and WILLIAM NATHAN BAXTER, Real Party in Interest.
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
This original petition for a writ of mandamus challenges district court orders granting a motion for leave to amend a complaint, denying a motion to strike, and denying a summary judgment motion in a tort action. Having considered petitioners' arguments and the supporting documents, we are not persuaded that our extraordinary and discretionary intervention is warranted. NRS 34.160; Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004); Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 107 Nev. 674, 677, 818 P.2d. 849, 851 (1991). In particular, interlocutory writ relief is generally not available to control a trial court's decision in a discretionary matter, see Desert Fireplaces Plus, Inc. v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 632, 635, 97 P.3d 607, 609 (2004), and we perceive no reason to deviate from our general policy of declining to consider writ petitions challenging orders denying motions for summary judgment, see Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 113 Nev. 1343, 1344, 950 P.2d 280, 281 (1997), as the underlying action has been pending since 2013 in district court and has a trial setting for early next month, and it appears that the legal issues raised in the petition may be refined during further pretrial proceedings or at trial and that those issues may be adequately reviewed on an appeal from a final judgment, see Pan, 120 Nev. at 224, 88 P.3d at 841. Accordingly, we
We grant Dignity Health's April 19, 2018, motion to join this writ petition. The clerk of the court shall modify the caption on the docket for this case to conform with the caption of this order.
In light of this order, we deny petitioner Scott Selco, M.D.'s March 21, 2018, stay motion. --------
/s/_________, C.J.
Douglas /s/_________, J.
Pickering /s/_________, J.
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