Egan Vs. Dist. Ct. (Wolf)

• Court: Nevada Supreme Court
• Decided: December 16, 2020
• Docket: 82017
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

JASON EGAN; EGAN PRODUCTIONS, No. 82017 LLC; AND CIRCUS CIRCUS CASINO, Petitioners, vs. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, FILED IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLARK; DEC 1 6 2020 AND THE HONORABLE TIERRA DANIELLE JONES, DISTRICT JUDGE, Respondents, and TAWNIE WOLF, Real Party in Interest.

ORDER DENYING PETITION This is an original petition for a writ of mandamus challenging a district court order denying a summary judgment motion. Having considered the petition and its supporting documentation, we are not persuaded that our extraordinary and discretionary intervention is warranted. See Pan v. Eighth judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004) (observing that the party seeking writ relief bears the burden of showing such relief is warranted); Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 107 Nev. 674, 677, 679, 818 P.2d 849, 851, 853 (1991) (recognizing that writ relief is an extraordinary remedy and that this court has sole discretion in determining whether to entertain a writ petition). In particular, we generally will not consider writ petitions challenging orders denying summary judgment, and we are not convinced that any exception to that general rule applies here. See Srnith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 113 Nev. 1343, 1344-45, 950 P.2d 280, 281 (1997) (recognizing that this

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cc: Hon. Tierra Danielle Jones, District Judge McKay Law Firm Chtd. Bighorn Law/Las Vegas Eighth District Court Clerk

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