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ASSURITY HEALTHCARE, INC., A FOREIGN CORPORATION; BANDAR ENTERPRISES, LLC, A NEVADA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ERRONEOUSLY NAMED AS ASSURITY LABS, INC.; HEATH WILLS, AN INDIVIDUAL; PATRICIA WILLS, AN INDIVIDUAL; HEATH WILLS PC, A NEVADA PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION; AND HUTCHINGS LAW GROUP, LLC, A NEVADA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Petitioners, v. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLARK; AND THE HONORABLE TIMOTHY C. WILLIAMS, DISTRICT JUDGE, Respondents, SINGLE HELIX INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY, LLC, A WYOMING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; COLLINS CAPITAL, LLC, A NEVADA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; SUSAN KAPLAN, AN INDIVIDUAL; STEPHEN GELLER, AN INDIVIDUAL; AND MARTIN FABRIKANT, Real Parties in Interest.
ORDER DENYING PETITION
This original petition for a writ of mandamus, or in the alternative, prohibition challenges a district court order appointing a receiver.1
This court has original jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus and prohibition, and the issuance of such extraordinary relief is solely within this court's discretion. See Nev. Const, art. 6, § 4; D.R. Horton, Inc. v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 123 Nev. 468, 474-75, 168 P.3d 731, 736-37 (2007). Petitioners bear the burden to show that extraordinary relief is warranted, and such relief is proper only when there is no plain, speedy, and adequate remedy at law. See Pan v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 120 Nev. 222, 224, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 841, 844 (2004). An appeal is generally an adequate remedy precluding writ relief. Id. at 224, 88 P.3d at 841.
Having considered the petition, we are not persuaded that our extraordinary intervention is warranted for several reasons. To begin, NRAP 3A(b)(4) expressly provides that an appeal may be taken from an order appointing a receiver. Indeed, petitioners have already attempted to appeal the district court's order appointing a receiver in Docket No. 87872. Petitioners therefore have not demonstrated that they lack a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy. Further, our intervention is not warranted given the substantial amount of time that has elapsed since the district court issued the order being challenged, and petitioners failure to provide a cogent explanation for their delay. Accordingly, we
ORDER the petition DENIED.2
Cadish, C.J.
Stiglich, J.
Herndon, J.
FOOTNOTES
1. Cause appearing, petitioners’ motion to exceed the page limit on their petition is granted. NRAP 21(d); NRAP 32(a)(7)(D)(i). The petition was filed on January 18, 2024.
2. Given this order, petitioners’ motion for stay is denied as moot.
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Docket No: No. 87917
Decided: February 26, 2024
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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