ROBERT PETERS DO LEONARDO BUNUEL JORDANA DO JOSHUA JEWEL RENOWN HEALTH DOMESTIC NONPROFIT CORPORATION RENOWN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER DOMESTIC NONPROFIT CORPORATION AND HOMETOWN HEALTH PLAN INC DOMESTIC NONPROFIT CORPORATION v. VICKIE RHEA RICHARDSON AN INDIVIDUAL HOMER DALE RICHARDSON AN INDIVIDUAL ERIK DE JONGHE AN INDIVIDUAL CARRIE BUEHLER AN INDIVIDUAL DIGESTIVE HEALTH ASSOCIATES GENERAL PARTNERSHIP MEDNAX SERVICES INC FOREIGN CORPORATION MEDNAX INC FOREIGN CORPORATION AND PICKERT MEDICAL GROUP DOMESTIC PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION ASSOCIATED ANESTHESIOLOGISTS (2024)

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

This original petition for a writ of mandamus challenges a district court order denying a motion for summary judgment in a professional negligence action.

Having considered the petition and supporting documents, we are not persuaded that our extraordinary intervention is warranted. Pan v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004) (observing that the party seeking writ relief bears the burden of showing such relief is warranted); Smith v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 107 Nev. 674, 677, 679, 818 P.2d 849, 851, 853 (1991) (recognizing that writ relief is an extraordinary remedy and that this court has sole discretion in determining whether to grant relief). Subject to very few exceptions, we generally decline to exercise our discretion to entertain writ petitions that challenge district court orders denying summary judgment. Smith v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 113 Nev. 1343, 1344-45, 950 P.2d 280, 281 (1997). We decline to deviate from that rule here, particularly because petitioners have a plain, speedy, and adequate legal remedy that precludes writ relief. NRS 34.170; Pan, 120 Nev. at 224, 88 P.3d at 841 (providing that an appeal is an adequate legal remedy precluding writ relief); cf. Hansen v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 116 Nev. 650, 658, 6 P.3d 982, 986-87 (2000) (recognizing, albeit in the context of a request for a stay , that the prospect of incurring litigation expenses does not rise to the level of warranting this court's intervention). See also Moore v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 96 Nev. 415, 417, 610 P.2d 188. 189 (1980) (observing that writ relief is generally not warranted when granting the requested relief will not resolve the entire controversy). Accordingly, we

ORDER the petition DENIED.

Cadish, C.J.

Stiglich, J.

Herndon, J.