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Rene SHERIDAN, Appellant, v. Joseph A. GUTIERREZ, Esq.; Steven G. Knauss, Esq.; Jason R. Maier, Esq.; and Maier Gutierrez & Associates, Respondents.
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
This is a pro se appeal from a district court order, entered in consolidated cases, deconsolidating the cases, statistically closing case A-20-813635-C, and directing that all future documents be filed in case A-21-838187-C. Review of the notice of appeal and other documents before this court reveals a jurisdictional defect. The challenged order is not substantively appealable. Specifically, no statute or court rule allows an appeal from a post-judgment 1 or interlocutory order deconsolidating cases, statistically closing a case, and directing that all future documents be filed in another case.2 See Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345-47, 301 P.3d 850, 851-53 (2013) (stating that this court “may only consider appeals authorized by statute or court rule” and discussing the appealability of an order statistically closing a case). Accordingly, this court lacks jurisdiction and
ORDERS this appeal DISMISSED.3
FOOTNOTES
1. An order dismissing case A-20-813635-C was entered in the district court on July 28, 2020.
2. Although appellant indicates in her case appeal statement that the order also denies her motion and counter-motion for sanctions, the order does not address any request for sanctions.
3. Given this dismissal, this court takes no action in regard to the document filed on June 3, 2022.
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Docket No: No. 84757
Decided: June 06, 2022
Court: Supreme Court of Nevada.
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