Opinion
No. 81594
11-10-2021
Edward N. DETWILER, Appellant, v. BAKER BOYER NATIONAL BANK, a Washington Corporation, Respondent.
Hutchison & Steffen, LLC/Las Vegas Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP/Las Vegas
Hutchison & Steffen, LLC/Las Vegas
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP/Las Vegas
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
Because appellant is not a named aggrieved party with standing to appeal, this court directed appellant to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed. See NRAP 3A(a) ; Valley Bank of Nevada v. Ginsburg, 110 Nev. 440, 874 P.2d 729 (1994). Appellant has responded and largely concedes that appellant is a non-party but argues the district court has treated him as one and so should this court. This court does not have discretion to accept appeals over which the court lacks jurisdiction. See Callie v. Bowling , 123 Nev. 181, 186 n. 10, 160 P.3d 878, 881 n. 10 (2007) ("[W]henever a judgment creditor seeks to collect on a judgment from a nonparty, the judgment creditor must file an independent action."); see also DeMaranville v. Empr's Ins. Co. of Nev., 135 Nev. 259, 268 448 P.3d 526, 534 (2019) (rejecting a nonparty's proposition that it was deprived of due process because the nonparty had standing as a respondent).
This court previously rejected appellant's arguments that because he has been "treated as a party" by the district court he should have standing to appeal. See Detwiler v. Baker Boyer National Bank, Docket No. 81017 (Order Dismissing Appeal, May 5, 2020). This court defines a party as someone who has been named as a party to the lawsuit and who has been served with process or has appeared. Valley Bank of Nevada v. Ginsburg, 110 Nev. 440, 448, 874 P.2d 729, 735 (1994) (citing Garaventa Land & Livestock Co. v. Second Judicial Dist. Court, 61 Nev. 350, 354, 128 P.2d 266, 267-68 (1942) ). Appellant has not been named or served, thus it does not appear that appellant was a party to the action below. Therefore, this court lacks jurisdiction and
ORDERS this appeal DISMISSED.