LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CCMSI v. NOLAN HAMILTON (2025)

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL

This is an appeal from a district court order granting a petition for judicial review. Eighth Judicial District Court. Clark County; Monica Trujillo, Judge.

Initial review of the docketing statement and documents before this court revealed a potential jurisdictional defect. Specifically, it appeared that the district court had remanded the matter for further substantive findings and no final judgment had been entered below. See Lee v. GNLV Carp., 116 Nev. 424, 426, 996 P.2d 416, 417 (2000) (“[A] final judgment is one that disposes of all the issues presented in the case, and leaves nothing for the future consideration of the court, except for post-judgment issues such as attorney's fees and costs.”) Accordingly, this court directed appellant to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

In response to the order to show cause, counsel for appellant asserts that remand does not, in itself, negate finality and because “the District Court remanded only for additional factual findings,” further argues that the “dispositive legal issue ․ was resolved by the district court” and that the resulting order constitutes a final judgment. Though a remanded matter may also be final, see Bally's Grand Hotel and Casino v. Reeves, 112 Nev. 1487, 1488, 929 P.2d 936, 937 (1996), the order at issue remands for further substantive proceedings to resolve a contested issue regarding entitlement to benefits, cf. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. O'Brien, 129 Nev. 679, 680-81, 310 P.3d 581, 582 (2013) (“[A] district court order remanding a matter to an administrative agency is not an appealable order, unless the order constitutes a final judgment on the merits and remands merely for collateral tasks, such as calculating benefits found due.”); State Taxicab Auth. v. Greenspun, 109 Nev. 1022, 1024-25, 862 P,2d 423, 424-25 (1993) (recognizing that the district court's order of remand to an administrative agency for proceedings on the merits was not appealable as a final judgment); accord Clark Cnty. Liquor v. Clark, 102 Nev, 654, 657-58, 730 P.2d 443, 446 (1986). Accordingly, we lack jurisdiction and

ORDER this appeal DISMISSED.

Pickering, J.

Cadish, J.

Lee, J.