Kreidel (Michael) v. State ( 2016 )

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
MICHAEL WAYNE KREIDEL, No. 69407
Appellant,
vs.
THE STATE OF NEVADA, FILED
Respondent.
MAR 0 4 2016
TRACE K ORDEN/AN
CLERK F SUPREME COURT
By
DE
DEPUTY CLERK
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
This is a pro se appeal from a district court order denying a
motion to vacate judgment. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County;
Carolyn Ellsworth, Judge.
This court's preliminary review of this appeal revealed a
potential jurisdictional defect. Specifically, the district court entered the
order denying appellant's motion to vacate judgment on November 4,
2015. Appellant's notice of appeal was due on December 4, 2015. See
NRAP 4(b); Edwards v. State, 112 Nev. 704, 918 P.2d 321 (1996).
Appellant's notice of appeal, however, was not filed in the district court
until December 11, 2015, seven days beyond the relevant appeal period.
"[Nu untimely notice of appeal fails to vest jurisdiction in this court."
Lozada v. State, 110 Nev. 349, 352, 871 P.2d 944, 946 (1994).
Under this court's holding in Kellogg v. Journal
Communications, if appellant delivered his notice of appeal to a prison
official for mailing on or before December 4, 2015, his notice of appeal
would be deemed timely filed. 108 Nev. 474, 477, 835 P.2d 12, 13 (1992)
(holding that a notice of appeal is deemed "filed" when it is delivered to a
prison official). Because appellant signed his notice of appeal on
December 3, 2015, this court directed the attorney general to obtain and
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transmit a copy of the notice of appeal. If appellant did not use the notice
of appeal log, the attorney general was to inform this court whether
appellant used any other logs. On February 19, 2016, the attorney general
submitted a timely response. The attorney general indicates that there is
no record of when appellant mailed his notice of appeal.'
This court's decision in Kellogg contemplates that the date of
delivery of the notice of appeal to a prison official will be determined by
the date recorded in the prison mail log. Id. at 476-77, 835 P.2d at 13.
Here, there is no clear record of the date appellant delivered his notice of
appeal to a prison official pursuant to Kellogg. Therefore, the December
11, 2015, filing date of the notice of appeal in the district court controls.
Because appellant's notice of appeal was untimely filed, we
ORDER this appeal DISMISSED. 2
, J.
Hardesty
J.
Saitta
'As noted by the Attorney General in his response, appellant has
filed a letter in this court indicating that on December 7, 2015, he mailed
an unknown document to the Eighth Judicial District Court. Regardless
of what that document might have been, it was still filed outside the time
period for filing a notice of appeal.
2 Inlight of this order, the pro se motions filed on February 8, 2016,
and February 17, 2016, are denied as moot. The clerk of this court shall
return, unified, the pro se motion for emergency review for a preliminary
injunction.
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cc: Hon. Carolyn Ellsworth, District Judge
Michael Wayne Kreidel
Attorney General/Carson City
Clark County District Attorney
Eighth District Court Clerk
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