Opinion
No. 58004.
02-10-2012
William Mitchell BELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada; Howard Skolnick ; Nevada Department of Corrections ; Brian Williams; High Desert State Prison ; Albert Perata; Inmate Services/Inmate Banking Services.; and Catherine Cortez–Masto, Attorney General, Respondents.
William Mitchell Bell Attorney General/Carson City
William Mitchell Bell
Attorney General/Carson City
ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE
This is a proper person appeal from a district court order dismissing a tort action. First Judicial District Court, Carson City; James Todd Russell, Judge.
The district court dismissed the complaint for appellant's failure to timely serve certain defendants or exhaust his administrative remedies prior to filing his complaint. On appeal, appellant has not made any argument that the district court erred by dismissing his complaint, but instead, contends only that he needs to have counsel appointed to assist him with this appeal. See Edwards v. Emperor's Garden Rest., 122 Nev. 317, 330 n. 38, 130 P.3d 1280, 1288 n. 38 (2006) (providing that this court need not consider arguments not cogently made). Accordingly, as appellant has failed to address the district court's basis for dismissing the complaint, we
ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.
Rae v. All American Life & Cas. Co., 95 Nev. 920, 922, 605 P.2d 196, 197 (1979) (holding that an individual named as a co-defendant is not a party unless he or she has been served).