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Chandra Lynn LACOST, Appellant, v. William Christopher LACOST, Respondent.
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
Review of the notice of appeal and documents before this court reveals a jurisdictional defect. Specifically, the order challenged in the notice of appeal is not substantively appealable, as no statute or court rule authorizes an appeal from an order denying a request to disqualify a judge. 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, this court lacks jurisdiction, and we
ORDER this appeal DISMISSED.1
FOOTNOTES
1. In light of this order, appellant's emergency motion for stay, renewed emergency motion for stay, motion to waive transcript fees, and motion to compel rulings on pending emergency motions are denied as moot.
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Docket No: No. 91221
Decided: September 22, 2025
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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