Opinion
No. 64873
01-21-2015
RUSSELL GATES, Petitioner, v. GERRY G. ZOBRIST, Respondent.
An unpublished order shall not be regarded as precedent and shall not be cited as legal authority. SCR 123.
ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR WRIT OF QUO WARRANTO
This is a pro se petition seeking a writ of quo warranto.
Petitioner Russell Gates seeks a writ of quo warranto in an effort to oust respondent Gerry G. Zobrist from the office of justice of the peace for the Las Vegas Township. Mr. Zobrist, however, does not occupy the office of justice of the peace. Gates' petition for quo warranto relief to remove Mr. Zobrist from that office is therefore moot, Personhood Nev. v. Bristol, 126 Nev. ___, ___, 245 P.3d 572, 574 (2010) (providing that a case is moot when a live controversy no longer exists), and we dismiss the petition on this basis.
We take judicial notice of the fact that Gerry G. Zobrist does not occupy the office of justice of the peace. NRS 47.130(2)(b) (permitting a court to take judicial notice of facts "[c]apable of accurate and ready determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned"); Yellow Cab of Reno, Inc. v. Second Judicial Dist. Court, 127 Nev. ___, ___ n.4, 262 P.3d 699, 704 n.4 (2011) (taking judicial notice of the 2000 United States Census).
It is so ORDERED.
/s/_________, C.J.
Gibbons
/s/_________, J.
Tao
/s/_________, J.
Silver
cc: Russell Gates
Attorney General/Carson City
Eighth District Court Clerk