Opinion
No. 67039
10-19-2015
WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF NEVADA; AND PEDRO MARTINEZ, INDIVIDUALLY, Petitioners, v. THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WASHOE; AND THE HONORABLE CONNIE J. STEINHEIMER, DISTRICT JUDGE, Respondents, and ELKHORN CONSULTING, LLC, A NEVADA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Real Party in Interest.
An unpublished order shall not be regarded as precedent and shall not be cited as legal authority. SCR 123.
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS OR PROHIBITION
Having considered the parties' briefs and appendices in this original proceeding challenging a district court order denying a motion for summary judgment, we decline to intervene at this time as petitioners have not met their burden to demonstrate that our extraordinary discretionary intervention is warranted and an adequate remedy exists in the form of an appeal from any adverse final judgment. NRS 34.160; NRS 34.320; Pan v, Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 224, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 841, 844 (2004); Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 113 Nev. 1343, 1344, 950 P.2d 280, 281 (1997) (noting that this court will generally not consider writ petitions challenging orders denying motions for summary judgment). Accordingly, we
Clark County School District has filed a motion for leave to file a late amicus curiae brief in support of petitioners. The motion is unopposed. We grant the motion and direct the clerk of this court to file the proposed amicus brief, provisionally received in this court on December 22, 2014. --------
/s/_________, J.
Saitta
/s/_________, J.
Gibbons
/s/_________, J.
Pickering
cc: Hon. Connie J. Steinheimer, District Judge
McDonald Carano Wilson LLP/Las Vegas
The Digesti Law Firm, Ltd.
Kolesar & Leatham, Chtd.
Washoe District Court Clerk