Opinion
No. 67370
04-15-2015
DEMETRI L. ALEXANDER, Appellant, v. NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; ISIDRO BACA, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS WARDEN AT NNCC; PAULINE SIMMONS, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS LAW LIBRARY SUPERVISOR AT NNCC; MICHELLE HICKS-MOSES, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CASEWORK AT NNCC; AND RON SCHRECKENGOST, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ASSOCIATE WARDEN AT NNCC, Respondents.
An unpublished order shall not be regarded as precedent and shall not be cited as legal authority. SCR 123.
ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE
This is a pro se appeal from a district court order of dismissal. First Judicial District Court, Carson City; James E. Wilson, Judge.
Pro se appellant, an inmate, filed a civil action against respondents, which the district court dismissed for failure to serve process and, alternatively, for lack of jurisdiction based on appellant's failure to name the State of Nevada, or an appropriate political subdivision of the State, as a party defendant under NRS 41.0337 and NRS 41.031. On appeal, appellant argues that the district court erred by dismissing the complaint because he properly served respondents with process in accordance with the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure and the local court rules. He does not, however, challenge the district court's alternative ruling regarding jurisdiction, and we therefore conclude that appellant has waived any argument challenging that ruling. See Powell v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 127 Nev. ___, ___ n.3, 252 P.3d 668, 672 n.3 (2011) (providing that issues not raised by a party on appeal are deemed waived). Accordingly, we affirm the dismissal of the complaint based on the district court's conclusion that it lacked jurisdiction, and thus, we need not address appellant's argument regarding service of process.
It is so ORDERED.
/s/_________, C.J.
Gibbons
/s/_________, J.
Tao
/s/_________, J.
Silver
cc: Hon. James E. Wilson, District Judge
Demetri L. Alexander
Attorney General/Carson City
Carson City Clerk