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Kevin Lee KENNEDY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
This is a pro se appeal from a district court order dismissing an appeal from a judgment entered in the justice court. Seventh Judicial District Court, White Pine County; Gary Fairman, Judge.
This court's review of this appeal reveals a jurisdictional defect. Specifically, appellant's case arose in the justice court. The district court has final appellate jurisdiction over a case arising in the justice court. Nev. Const. art. 6, § 6; Waugh v. Casazza, 85 Nev. 520, 521, 458 P.2d 359, 360 (1969). Accordingly, we conclude that we lack jurisdiction to consider this appeal, and we
ORDER this appeal DISMISSED.1
FOOTNOTES
1. We take no action on the document filed August 27, 2018.
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Docket No: No. 76680
Decided: September 07, 2018
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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