AMINA JOHNSON v. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLARK AND THE HONORABLE TIERRA JONES DISTRICT JUDGE (2025)

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

This original petition for a writ of mandamus challenges various actions and inactions in three different district court cases, primarily involving the respondent district judges’ refusal to enforce NRCP 55 in each case.¹

Having reviewed the petition and accompanying appendix, we conclude that petitioner has not demonstrated that our extraordinary intervention is warranted. See Pan v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004) (observing that the party seeking writ relief bears the burden of showing such relief is warranted); Smith v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 107 Nev. 674, 677, 818 P.2d 849, 851 (1991) (recognizing that writ relief is an extraordinary remedy and that this court has sole discretion in determining whether to entertain a writ petition). From the limited documentation before this court, it is not clear that entry of default and a default judgment were entered, or were required to be entered, in each of the three cases. Moreover, writ relief is unavailable when the petitioner has an adequate and speedy legal remedy, NRS 34.170, and here, petitioner has such a remedy in the form of an appeal from the final judgment in each of the cases, see Pan, 120 Nev. at 224, 88 P.3d at 841 (explaining that “that the right to appeal is generally an adequate legal remedy that precludes writ relief”). Accordingly, we decline to further consider this matter and

ORDER the petition DENIED.

Herndon, C.J.

Parraguirre, J.

Stiglich, J.

FOOTNOTES

1.   On November 25, 2025, petitioner filed a “notice proof to proceed in forma pauperis.” We construe this notice as a motion to waive the filing fees under NRAP 21(g). Based on the documents attached to the notice, the motion is granted, and the filing fee in this matter is waived.