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The STATE BAR OF NEVADA, Petitioner, v. The SOUTHERN NEVADA DISCIPLINARY BOARD; and David R. Fischer, Esq., Southern Nevada Disciplinary Hearing Panel Chair, Respondents, Glen J. Lerner, Esq., Real Party in Interest.
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
This original petition for a writ of mandamus challenges the Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board Hearing Panel Chairman's decision to deny petitioner's motion for summary adjudication of a bar complaint.
Having considered the petition, answer, and supporting documents, we are not persuaded that our extraordinary and discretionary intervention is warranted. Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004); Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 107 Nev. 674, 677, 679, 818 P.2d 849, 851, 853 (1991). Petitioner has failed to meet its burden of demonstrating that extraordinary writ relief is warranted. Pan, 120 Nev. at 228, 88 P.3d at 844. Accordingly, we
ORDER the petition DENIED.1
FOOTNOTES
1. The Honorable Kristina Pickering, Justice, voluntarily recused herself from participation in the decision of this matter.
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Docket No: No. 72925
Decided: February 09, 2018
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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