Blandino (Kim) v. Sheriff (State)

Blandino · Supreme Court of Nevada · September 30, 2021 · No. 83472

Summary

This Nevada Supreme Court matter concerns a proper-person emergency petition seeking extraordinary relief, including mandamus, prohibition, and/or certiorari. The court denied the motion to exceed page limits, struck the overlength petition, denied the amended petition, and closed the case after issuing notice in lieu of remittitur.

Court
Supreme Court of Nevada
Writing for the Court
JH; RP; LS
Jurisdiction
Nevada
Decision date
September 30, 2021
Docket number
83472
Procedural posture
Original criminal proceeding on a proper-person petition for writs of mandamus, prohibition, and/or certiorari, with a request to amend and suspend procedural rules.
Precedential value
Published status is indicated by the supplied metadata, but the available source consists of docket text and a dispositional order summary without a reporter citation.
Parties
Kim Blandino v. The State of Nevada
Disposition
writ_denied

Topics

writ of certiorariappellate procedurecriminal procedure

Practice areas

appellate procedurecriminal procedureextraordinary writs

Questions Presented

  1. Whether the Supreme Court of Nevada should grant Blandino's petition for extraordinary relief.
  2. Whether Blandino should be permitted to file an overlength or amended petition and obtain relief under NRAP 2.

Holdings

  1. The Supreme Court of Nevada denied the amended petition.
  2. The court denied the motion to exceed the page limits and directed the clerk to strike the overlength petition; other relief requested in that motion was denied as moot.

Key quotations

ORDER the petition DENIED.
We deny the motion for excess pages and direct the clerk of this court to strike the overlength petition. All other relief requested in the motion is denied as moot.

Factual background

The docket reflects that Blandino sought extraordinary relief concerning proceedings in Clark County case C341767. The petition named state and judicial officers as respondents and requested mandamus, prohibition, and/or certiorari relief, along with permission to amend and suspension of appellate rules. The available document is a docket entry and dispositional order summary rather than the full merits analysis.

Procedural history

Kim Blandino filed an emergency petition and related motions in the Supreme Court of Nevada. The court denied the motion to exceed the page limits, ordered the overlength petition stricken, and denied the amended petition on October 14, 2021. The case was closed after notice in lieu of remittitur issued.

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