Opinion
No. 74727
01-08-2018
IMPERIA BRAND STRATEGIES & SOLUTIONS LTD., IS A FOREIGN CORPORATION, Appellant, v. PRO-AG, INC., D/B/A IMPROVALL, A NEVADA CORPORATION; TRUEHOPE, INC., A FOREIGN CORPORATION; TRUEHOPE NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT LTD., A FOREIGN CORPORATION; THE SYNERGY GROUP OF CANADA, INC., A FOREIGN CORPORATION; BIO-NUTRACEUTICALS, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION; NUTRATEK HEALTH INNOVATIONS, INC., A FOREIGN CORPORATION; QUINTESSENTIAL BIOSCIENCES, LLC, D/B/A Q SCIENCES OR Q, A UTAH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; QXV, LLC, A UTAH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; Q XIENCES, LLC, A UTAH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; DREW DAHL, AN INDIVIDUAL; ALLEN K. DAVIS, AN INDIVIDUAL; JANELLA WILLIS, AN INDIVIDUAL; ANTHONY STEPHAN, AN INDIVIDUAL; AND DAVID HARDY, AN INDIVIDUAL, Respondents.
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
This is a pro se appeal from a district court order denying a motion to revoke and granting motions to dismiss. Tenth Judicial District Court, Churchill County; William A. Maddox, Judge.
Our review of the documents before us reveals a jurisdictional defect. A nonlawyer may not represent an entity such as a corporation in this or any other Nevada court. Guerin v. Guerin, 116 Nev. 210, 214; 993 P.2d 1256, 1258 (2000); Sunde v. Contel of California, 112 Nev. 541, 915 P.2d 298 (1996); Salman v. Newell, 110 Nev. 1333, 1336, 885 P.2d 607, 608 (1994) (observing that no statute or rule permits a nonlawyer to represent an entity and concluding that an entity cannot proceed in proper person). A notice of appeal that is the product of the unauthorized practice of law fails to confer jurisdiction on this court. Guerin, 116 Nev. at 214, 993 P.2d at 1258. Here, appellant's notice of appeal was signed by Gary C J David, a nonlawyer. The notice of appeal is therefore ineffective, and we dismiss the appeal.
It is so ORDERED.
/s/_________, J.
Cherry /s/_________, J.
Parraguirre /s/_________, J.
Stiglich cc: Chief Judge, The Tenth Judicial District
Hon. William A. Maddox, Senior Judge
Imperia Brand Strategies & Solutions Ltd.
Gary C J David
Allen K. Davis
Brett D. Ekins
James P. Sloan
Janella Willis
Johnson & Gubler, P.C.
Christensen James & Martin
R. Clay Hendrix, P.C.
Churchill County Clerk