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Yesenia REYES; Miguel Reyes; and Maria Reyes, Petitioners, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF CLARK; and the Honorable Gloria Sturman, District Judge, Respondents, Leticia Sanchez-Ramos; Sandra Lopez-Anguiano; and Sandra Lopez-Anguiano, as Parent and Guardian for Vanessa Diaz-Lopez, a Minor, Real Parties in Interest.
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
This petition for a writ of mandamus challenges the denial of a demand for a jury trial in a tort action. Having considered the petition and appendices filed in this matter, we are not persuaded that our extraordinary and discretionary intervention is warranted. See NRS 34.160; Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004) (“Petitioners carry the burden of demonstrating that extraordinary relief is warranted.”); Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 107 Nev. 674, 677, 679, 818 P.2d 849, 851, 853 (1991) (observing that the decision to issue writ of mandamus “is purely discretionary”). Accordingly, we
ORDER the petition DENIED,
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Docket No: No. 76011
Decided: July 20, 2018
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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