SHAUN PASSLEY v. MERIDIAN PACIFIC HOLDINGS LLC AND CLINTON STOKES III (2026)

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS OR PROHIBITION

This original petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition challenges a district court order resolving claims in consolidated corporate actions, removing petitioner as custodian, and cancelling or unwinding several transactions taken while petitioner was custodian. Petitioner has also filed an emergency motion for stay and limited interim relief, largely related to ensuring the company's ability to comply with upcoming federal reporting requirements. After these documents were filed, petitioner notified this court that the district court has now appointed a successor custodian and directed steps toward completing the federal reporting requirements, mooting or at least impacting his request for emergency relief.

Having reviewed the petition and supporting documents, and in light of the ongoing proceedings in the district court, we are not satisfied that this court's intervention by way of extraordinary relief is warranted. See NRAP 21(b); Smith v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 107 Nev. 674, 677, 818 P.2d 849, 851 (1991). In particular, petitioner has not sufficiently demonstrated that he lacks an adequate and speedy legal remedy in the form of an appeal from any final judgment (or order certified as final under NRCP 54(b), if appropriate) such that these issues should be decided now, precluding writ relief. NRS 34.170; NRS 34.330; Pan v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 120 Nev. 222, 225, 88 P.3d 840, 841 (2004); see also Archon Corp. v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 133 Nev. 816, 819, 407 P.3d 702, 706 (2017) (recognizing that “[a] writ of mandamus is not a substitute for an appeal,” but rather, the writ should be used sparingly, “for extraordinary causes”). We note that petitioner has pending motions for relief in the district court and that he has not indicated that any contempt proceedings are imminent. Accordingly, we

ORDER the petition DENIED.¹

Stiglich, J.

Cadish, J.

Lee, J.

FOOTNOTES

1.   In light of this order, any remaining requests set forth in the emergency motion for relief pending our consideration of this petition are denied as moot.