Opinion
No. 80216
03-05-2020
McDonald Carano LLP/Las Vegas Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP Aldrich Law Firm, Ltd.
McDonald Carano LLP/Las Vegas
Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP
Aldrich Law Firm, Ltd.
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS
This is an original petition for a writ of mandamus challenging a district court order denying a motion to dismiss pursuant to NRS 41.520(2) and NRCP 23.1 and an order denying a motion to reconsider.
As a general rule, "judicial economy and sound judicial administration militate against the utilization of mandamus petitions to review orders denying motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment." State ex rel. Dep’t of Transp. v. Thompson , 99 Nev. 358, 362, 662 P.2d 1338, 1340 (1983), as modified by State v . Eighth Judicial Dist. Court , 118 Nev. 140, 147, 42 P.3d 233, 238 (2002) ; Buckwalter v. Dist. Court , 126 Nev. 200, 201, 234 P.3d 920, 921 (2010) (noting that "[n]ormally this court will not entertain a writ petition challenging the denial of a motion to dismiss"). Although the rule is not absolute, see Int’l Game Tech., Inc. v. Second Judicial Dist. Court , 122 Nev. 132, 142-43, 127 P.3d 1088, 1096 (2006), petitioner has not established that the issue presented by the petition would not benefit from further legal and factual development in the district court or that an eventual appeal does not afford an adequate legal remedy. NRS 34.170. Interlocutory review by extraordinary writ is not warranted in this case at this time. For these reasons, we
ORDER the petition DENIED without prejudice.
We further deny petitioner’s motion to stay as moot.
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