SUMMERLIN HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER LLC SUMMERLIN HOSPITAL v. ALMA NUNEZ DE AVELAR AND PAUL WILKES (2026)

ORDER DENYING PETITION

This is an original petition for a writ of mandamus challenging a district court order denying a motion for summary judgment.

Having considered the petition, we are unconvinced that our extraordinary intervention is warranted. Walker v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 120 Nev. 815, 819, 101 P.3d 787, 790 (2004) (“Writ relief is an extraordinary remedy ․”). Whether to consider a writ of mandamus is within this court's discretion. Smith v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 107 Nev. 674, 677, 818 P.2d 849, 851 (1991). “We have previously stated that we will not exercise our discretion to consider writ petitions that challenge orders of the district court denying ․ motions for summary judgment,” subject to very few exceptions. Smith v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 113 Nev. 1343, 1344, 950 P.2d 280, 281 (1997). We conclude that this petition presents no reason to deviate from that rule here. Accordingly, we

ORDER the petition DENIED.¹

Stiglich, J.

Cadish, J.

Lee, J.

FOOTNOTES

1.   In light of this disposition, we vacate the stay of the district court proceedings in the underlying matter—district court case no. A-24-885425-C. See Summerlin Hosp. Med. Ctr., LLC v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., No. 90856 (Order Granting Stay and Denying Motion for Extension of Time to File Answer, Sept. 11, 2025).