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J. MICHAEL SUNDE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SOLE BENEFICIARY OF ERKP FAMILY TRUST, AND VIKTORIYA SOKOL SUNDE, Appellants, v. VICTORIA A. CROCKETT, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE OF ERKP FAMILY TRUST, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS AN OFFICER OF NEVADA DIVORCE & DOCUMENT SERVICES INC., IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS AN OFFICER OR MEMBER OF CROCKETT COMMERCIAL LLC, AND IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE OF VICTORIA CROCKETT FAMILY TRUST 2019, Respondent.
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
This is an appeal from a February 7, 2025, post-judgment district court order declaring appellants vexatious litigants and imposing filing restrictions. Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; Tammy Riggs, Judge.
This court's review of the notice of appeal and documents before this court reveals a jurisdictional defect. Specifically, vexatious litigant orders are not independently appealable. Peck v. Crouser, 129 Nev. 120, 124, 295 P.3d 586, 588 (2013) (concluding that no statute or court rule authorizes an appeal from a vexatious litigant order and that such orders cannot be considered injunctions for purposes of appealability). Instead, such orders must be challenged by way of writ petition. Id.; see NRS Chapter 34; NRAP 21. Accordingly, we lack jurisdiction and
ORDER this appeal DISMISSED.1
cc: Hon. Tammy Riggs, District Judge
J. Michael Sunde
Viktoriya Sokol Sunde
The Gilmore Law Group
Washoe District Court Clerk
FOOTNOTES
1. In light of this order, we deny as moot appellants' emergency motion for stay and motion to consolidate this appeal with their appeal from post-judgment orders in Docket No. 89770.
Pickering, J.
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Docket No: No. 90089
Decided: March 05, 2025
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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