ROBERT PAUL EIKELBERGER v. THE STATE OF NEVADA (2025)

ORDER DISMISSING PETITION

This original petition for a writ of mandamus challenges a district court order denying a request to reset a trial date. On March 14, 2025, this court granted petitioner's motion to stay the district court proceedings. As a result, this court issued an order to show cause why the petition should not be dismissed as moot. See Univ. & Cmty. Coll. Sys. of Nev. v. Nevadans for Sound Gov't, 120 Nev. 712, 720, 100 P.3d 179, 186 (2004) (recognizing that “cases presenting live controversies at the time of their inception may become moot by the occurrence of subsequent events”).

Having reviewed the parties’ responses to the order to show cause, we are not persuaded that the issue presented falls within the exception to the mootness doctrine. See Valdez-Jimenez v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 136 Nev. 155, 158-59, 460 P.3d 976, 982 (2020) (“[T]his court may consider [a moot case] if it involves a matter of widespread importance that is capable of repetition, yet evading review.” (internal quotation marks omitted)). Accordingly, we dismiss this petition as moot.¹

It is so ORDERED.

Herndon, C.J.

Bell, J.

Stiglich, J.

FOOTNOTES

1.   Given this disposition, we vacate the stay imposed by the March 14, 2025, order.