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CITY OF HENDERSON, Petitioner, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF CLARK; and the Honorable Richard Scotti, District Judge, Respondents, Jesus Ramirez Munoz, Real Party in Interest.
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
This original petition for a writ of mandamus challenges a district court order vacating a verdict pursuant to a bench trial and remanding the case to Henderson Municipal Court. Having considered the petition and appendix filed in this matter, we are not convinced that our extraordinary and discretionary intervention is warranted. See NRS 34.160; NRS 34.320; Halverson v. Miller, 124 Nev. 484, 487, 186 P.3d 893, 896 (2008) (recognizing that the decision to issue a writ of mandamus or prohibition “is solely within this court's discretion” and that petitioner bears the burden to establish that such extraordinary relief is appropriate).1 Further, petitioner has an adequate remedy at law. See NRS 34.170 (providing that writ of mandamus is proper only when there is no plain, adequate, and speedy legal remedy). We therefore
ORDER the petition DENIED.
FOOTNOTES
1. We do not reach the arguments raised in the cross-petition for a writ of prohibition, as those arguments either are resolved by this order or were not raised below. See Old Aztec Mine, Inc. v. Brown, 97 Nev. 49, 52, 623 P.2d 981, 983 (1981) (we need not consider arguments that were not raised below).
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Docket No: No. 79017
Decided: November 01, 2019
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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