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Asher WIESS, Appellant, v. CITY OF LAS VEGAS, Respondent.
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
This is a pro se appeal from a district court order affirming a municipal court conviction. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Rob Bare, Judge.
Our review of this appeal reveals a jurisdictional defect. Specifically, appellant's case arose in the municipal court. The district court has final appellate jurisdiction over a case arising in the municipal court. Nev. Const. art. 6, § 6; Tripp v. City of Sparks, 92 Nev. 362, 363, 550 P.2d 419, 419 (1976) (“[M]unicipal court conviction is not subject to further review by appeal to this court.”). Accordingly, we conclude that we lack jurisdiction to consider this appeal, and we
ORDER this appeal DISMISSED.
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Docket No: No. 75181
Decided: March 06, 2018
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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