JOSEPH HENDERSON v. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLARK AND THE HONORABLE BRYCE DUCKWORTH DISTRICT JUDGE LASHAWNA HENDERSON (2026)

ORDER DENYING PETITION

This is a pro se petition for a writ of prohibition or mandamus challenging certain actions in a divorce matter. A writ of prohibition arrests the proceedings of a tribunal that is acting in excess of. or without, jurisdiction. NRS 34.320. A writ of mandamus is available to compel the performance of an act that the law requires as a duty resulting from an office, NRS 34.160, or to control an arbitrary or capricious exercise of discretion, Int'l Game Tech., Inc. v. Second Jud. Dist. Ct., 124 Nev. 193, 197, 179 P.3d 556, 558 (2008). The decision to entertain a petition for extraordinary writ relief is within our sole discretion, and the petitioner has the burden of demonstrating that such relief is warranted. Pan v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004). Having considered the petition and the supporting documents, we conclude that petitioner has not demonstrated that extraordinary relief is warranted at this time.¹ Accordingly, we

ORDER the petition DENIED.²

Bulla, C.J.

Gibbons, J.

Westbrook, J.

FOOTNOTES

1.   Our review includes the supplement to the petition filed February 13, 2026, and the additional notice and exhibits filed on February 17, 2026.

2.   In light of this order, we also deny as moot both of petitioner's emergency motions seeking a stay of the district court proceedings and/or enforcement of its orders.