Opinion
No. 63990
01-22-2014
NOE ORTEGA PEREZ, Appellant, v. JAMES G. COX; AND NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondents.
An unpublished order shall not be regarded as precedent and shall not be cited as legal authority. SCR 123.
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
This is a proper person appeal from a district court order dismissing an appeal from a justice court decision. Our review of the documents submitted to this court pursuant to NRAP 3(g) reveals a jurisdictional defect. Specifically, 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 conclude that we lack jurisdiction over this appeal, and we
In light of this order, we deny as moot all request for relief currently pending as part of this appeal.
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Pickering
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Parraguirre
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Saitta
cc: Hon. Michael Montero, District Judge
Noe Ortega Perez
Attorney General/Carson City
Pershing County Clerk