NIKIA GOODS v. STATE OF NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY SERVICES (2025)

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT RELIEF

Petitioner Nikia Goods has filed what appears to be a petition for extraordinary writ relief seeking to dismiss an apparently ongoing NRS Chapter 432B proceeding and return of the child.¹

A request for extraordinary writ relief is addressed to this court's discretion. Smith v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 107 Nev. 674, 818 P.2d 849 (1991). The petitioner has the burden to demonstrate that this court should exercise its discretion by presenting a clear right to the relief requested and that no adequate and speedy legal remedy otherwise exists. Gumm v. State, Dep't of Educ., 121 Nev. 371, 375, 113 P.3d 853, 856 (2005); Pan v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004). In addition to explaining in the petition why relief should issue, the petitioner must provide this court with all the documents and parts of the underlying district court record necessary to understand and resolve the matters set forth in the petition. NRAP 21(a)(4). Failure to do so will necessarily result in denial of the petition.

Here, petitioner has not met her burden to demonstrate that our extraordinary intervention is warranted at this time. It is unclear from what was stated in the petition exactly what has occurred below, and petitioner has not provided this court with any parts of the district court record. Accordingly, we are unable to further consider this matter and thus

ORDER the petition DENIED.²

Herndon, C.J.

Parraguirre, J.

Stiglich, J.

FOOTNOTES

1.   The petition does not comply with NRAP 21 and does not appear to have been served on respondents or real party in interest. Although we have reviewed the documents filed in this case in this instance, we caution petitioner that any future filings that do not comply with the NRAP and/or are not served on the other parties to the action may be rejected.

2.   Additionally, petitioner's failure to submit a fully completed application for in forma pauperis status pursuant to NRAP 24 precludes us from granting her motion to proceed without paying the filing fee in this matter. In light of this order, however, any relief requested in the motions pending in this matter is denied as moot.