Summary
This document is a Nevada Supreme Court case-management record for In re Leventhal Irrevocable Trust, Case No. 82459. The court dismissed the trust's appeal after determining that the trust could not proceed without counsel, while allowing Audie G. Leventhal to proceed pro se; the remainder of the appeal was later dismissed. The remittitur issued on June 6, 2022, and the case was closed.
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Practice areas
Questions Presented
- Whether the trust could continue prosecuting its appeal without licensed counsel.
- Whether the remaining individual appeal should be dismissed.
Holdings
- The trust's appeal was dismissed because the trust could not proceed in the matter without counsel.
Key quotations
“We order the remainder of this appeal dismissed.”
Factual background
The matter concerned an appeal involving the Audie G. Leventhal Irrevocable Trust dated May 12, 2010, and Audie G. Leventhal individually. Former counsel moved to withdraw, and the Supreme Court permitted the withdrawal while advising that the trust could not proceed without counsel. The trust's appeal was dismissed, Leventhal proceeded pro se individually, and the Supreme Court later dismissed the remainder of the appeal.
Procedural history
The appeal was taken from proceedings in the Clark County Eighth Judicial District Court, case P099712. The Supreme Court granted former counsel's withdrawal, declined to appoint new counsel or impose sanctions, dismissed the trust's portion of the appeal because the trust could not proceed without counsel, and permitted Leventhal to continue individually in proper person. After briefing was completed, the court entered an order on May 12, 2022, dismissing the remainder of the appeal, and the remittitur issued on June 6, 2022.