Opinion
No. 58044.
03-29-2012
Frank ORTIZ, Appellant, v. Joyce Ann ORTIZ, Respondent.
Frank Ortiz Joyce Ann Ortiz Amesbury Law Offices
Frank Ortiz
Joyce Ann Ortiz
Amesbury Law Offices
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
This is a proper person appeal from a district court order approving a stipulation. Our review of the record in this appeal has revealed a jurisdictional defect. In particular, the challenged order is not substantively appealable. See NRAP 3A(b) (listing orders and judgments from which an appeal may be taken); Taylor Constr. Co. v. Hilton Hotels, 100 Nev. 207, 209, 678 P.2d 1152, 1153 (1984) (explaining that this court has jurisdiction to consider an appeal only when the appeal is authorized by statute or court rule). Accordingly, we
While this court lacks jurisdiction to consider this appeal, we note that appellant may seek review of the challenged order by way of a petition for extraordinary writ relief. See NRS 34.320 (providing that a writ of prohibition arrests the proceedings of a district court when such proceedings are outside of the court's jurisdiction); NRS 34.330 (explaining that a writ of prohibition is available when there is no plain, speedy, and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law).
Because David Amesbury was not counsel for respondent, we vacate our October 11, 2011, order conditionally imposing sanctions on Mr. Amesbury for failing to file a response on respondent's behalf.