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IN RE: THE ESTATE OF CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM HISGEN, DECEASED. CHRISTY KAY SWEET, Appellant, v. KATHRYN SWEET AND VANESSA JOHNSON, Respondents.
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
This is a pro se appeal from a purported order entered January 24, 2024, by the probate commissioner, finding appellant a vexatious litigant. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Jessica K. Peterson, Judge.
Review of the notice of appeal and documents transmitted to this court pursuant to NRAP 3(g) reveals a jurisdictional defect. The district court docket sheet does not indicate that any order or report and recommendation of the probate commissioner was entered on January 24, 2024. To the extent appellant intended to appeal from an order entered on January 24, 2025, the district court docket sheet does not indicate any order was entered on that date. The probate commissioner filed a report and recommendation for order finding vexatious litigant on January 24, 2025. However, no appeal from such a report and recommendation is authorized by statute or court rule. See Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851 (2013) (this court “may only consider appeals authorized by statute or court rule”). Accordingly, appellant fails to identify an appealable order and we
ORDER this appeal DISMISSED.
cc: Hon. Jessica K. Peterson, District Judge
Christy Kay Sweet
Law Offices of Brian H. Nelson
Eighth District Court Clerk
Pickering J.
Cadish J. Lee J.
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Docket No: No. 90188
Decided: March 10, 2025
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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