Nev. Gold Mines, Llc v. State, Dep'T Of Conservation & Nat. Res.

• Court: Nevada Supreme Court
• Decided: June 30, 2022
• Docket: 84764
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

NEVADA GOLD MINES, LLC, No. 84764 Petitioner, vs. THE NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES; OFFICE OF THE STATE IL ENGINEER OF THE STATE OF JUN 30 2022 NEVADA; AND ADAM SULLIVAN, IN EL3ZABETH A. BROWN HIS CAPACITY AS STATE ENGINEER, CLERK SLFREME COURT BY Res • ondents.

ORDER DENYING PETITION This original petition for a writ of prohibition or mandamus challenges the validity of respondent State Engineer's Order No. 1329. Having considered the petition and its supporting documents, we are not persuaded that our discretionary and extraordinary intervention is warranted. Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 107 Nev. 674, 677, 679, 818 P.2d 849, 851, 853 (1991) (observing that this court's intervention by way of writ relief is purely discretionary and is utilized only in extraordinary circumstances); 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). Among other reasons, we are not persuaded that our consideration of petitioner's

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(th 1947A 01.2 - 0V-13 presented issues is warranted in the context of this writ petition when, as petitioner acknowledges, there is ongoing litigation involving those same issues. Accordingly, we ORDER the petition DENIED.

J. Silver

J.

cc: Kaempfer Crowell/Reno Pisanelli Bice, PLLC Kaempfer Crowell/Las Vegas Attorney General/Carson City

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