JUSTIN ODELL LANGFORD v. THE STATE OF NEVADA (2023)

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL

This is a pro se appeal from a purported district court order granting a motion to dismiss and denying a motion for summary judgment entered on September 25, 2023. Eleventh Judicial District Court, Pershing County; Jim C. Shirley, Judge.

Initial review of the documents before this court reveals a jurisdictional defect. No written order resolving the motions at issue appears to have been entered in the district court. To the extent appellant appeals from the September 25, 2023, minute order, the district court's minute order is not effective and cannot be appealed. State, Div. of Child & Family Servs. v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 445, 454, 92 P.3d 1239, 1245 (2004) “[D]ispositional court orders that are not administrative in nature, but deal with the procedural posture or merits of the underlying controversy, must be written, signed, and filed before they become effective.”); NRCP 58(c) (providing that a judgment is entered when it is signed by the court and filed with the clerk). Additionally, the challenged minute order does: not appear to even resolve the motion at issue, stating that the court will take the motion “under advisement.” Accordingly, this court lacks jurisdiction and

ORDERS this appeal DISMISSED.

Herndon, J.

Lee, J.

Parraguirre, J.