BONHAM v. STATE (2022)

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL

Review of the notice of appeal and other documents before this court reveals a jurisdictional defect. Appellant states in his notice of appeal that he challenges a district court order dismissing case, purportedly entered on January 7, 2022. However, it does not appear that any written order was entered by the district court on January 7, 2022. And the district court's January 7, 2022, minute order is not appealable.¹ State, Div. of Child and Family Serv's v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 445, 454, 92 P.3d 1239, 1245 (2004) (“[D]ispositional court orders that are not administrative in nature, but deal with the procedural posture or merits of the underlying controversy, must be written, signed, and filed before they become effective”). As appellant fails to identify an appealable order, see Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851 (2013) (this court “may only consider appeals authorized by statute or court rule”), this court

ORDERS this appeal DISMISSED.

FOOTNOTES

1.   It does not appear from the district court minutes that appellant's case was orally dismissed on January 7, 2022, as appellant suggests. Rather, it appears the district court gave appellant until March 11, 2022, to effectuate service on all defendants below.