DocketNumber: 83898
Filed Date: 6/17/2022
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 6/20/2022
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA LEEDS & YORK LLC, A DOMESTIC No. 83898 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Petitioner, vs. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, JUN i 2022 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLARK; AND THE HONORABLE NADIA KRALL, DISTRICT JUDGE, Respondents, and MICHAEL KAPLAN, M.D., Real Party in Interest. ORDER DENYING PETITION This original petition for a writ of mandarnus challenges a district court order granting leave to amend a complaint. Having considered the petition, answer, and reply, we conclude that our extraordinary and discretionary intervention is not warranted.1 See NRS 34.160; NRS 34.170; Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court,120 Nev. 222
, 224, 228,88 P.3d 840
, 841, 844 (2004); Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court,107 Nev. 674
, 677, 679,818 P.2d 849
, 851, 853 (1991). In particular, interlocutory writ relief is generally not available because the district 10ur review is constrained by petitioner's failure to provide the second amended complaint, and we rely on real party in interest's appendix as necessary. See NRAP 21(a)(4); NRAP 30(b)(2)(A); Carson Ready Mix, Inc. v. First Nat. Bank of Nev.,97 Nev. 474
, 476,635 P.2d 276
, 277 (1981) ("It is the responsibility of appellant to make an adequate appellate record."); cf. Thomas v. State,120 Nev. 37
, 43,83 P.3d 818
, 822 (2004) (noting that it was improper for counsel to fail to "adequately cite to the record in his briefs or provide this court with an adequate record," and nevertheless resolving SUPREME COURT the appeal on its merits where the State provided the necessary parts of the OF NEVADA record in its appendix). ,(11 PM7A Z_ 1 cl (1 court's order may be challenged on appeal from final judgment, providing an adequate legal remedy. See Pan, 120 Nev. at 224-25,88 P.3d at 841
. Further, additional district court proceedings rnay provide factual development that inay prove useful in resolving the issues presented in the petition. Insofar as petitioner argues that the petition presents an issue of first impression that this court should resolve—namely "whether a district court can disturb a prior judge's ruling without justification or rationale"—petitioner is mistaken, as it has not shown that the district court acted in this manner here. Accordingly, we ORDER the petition DENIED.2 Parraguirre Pickering cc: Hon. Nadia Kra11, District Judge Kravitz Schnitzer Johnson Watson & Zeppenfeld, Chtd. Bowen Law Offices Eighth District Court Clerk 2 The Honorable Mark Gibbons, Senior Justice, participated in the SUPREME COURT decision of this matter under a general order of assignment. OF NEVADA 2 40) 1947A