Opinion
No. 67696
05-01-2015
RUTHIE LEE GOUDY, Appellant, v. TERRY REUTER; AND MARIA CHU, Respondents.
An unpublished order shall not be regarded asprecedent and shall not be cited as legal authority. SCR 123.
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
This is a pro se appeal from a district court order dismissing an appeal from the justice court. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Jennifer P. Togliatti, Judge.
Our review of the documents submitted to this court pursuant to NRAP 3(g) reveals jurisdictional defects. Initially, appellant seeks to challenge the district court's oral ruling on March 25, 2015. No appeal may be taken, however, from a district court's oral ruling. Rust v. Clark Cnty. Sch. Dist., 103 Nev. 686, 689, 747 P.2d 1380, 1382 (1987). Only a final, written judgment has any effect, and thus, only a written judgment may be appealed. Id. Additionally, even if a written judgment were entered, district courts have final appellate jurisdiction over cases arising in the justice courts. Nev. Const. art. 6, § 6; see also Waugh v. Casazza, 85 Nev. 520, 521, 458 P.2d 359, 360 (1969) (noting that "[t]he district court has final appellate jurisdiction in cases arising in the justice's court"). Accordingly, we lack jurisdiction over this appeal, and we therefore
In light of our order, we deny as moot appellant's motion for a stay.
/s/_________, J.
Saitta
/s/_________, J.
Gibbons
/s/_________, J.
Pickering
cc: Hon. Jennifer P. Togliatti, District Judge
Ruthie Lee Goudy
Maria Chu
Terry Reuter
Eighth District Court Clerk