Mitchell v. The First Jud. Dist. Ct.

Mitchell · Supreme Court of Nevada · June 30, 2022 · No. 84693

Summary

This is a Nevada Supreme Court case-management docket for Mitchell v. The First Judicial District Court, an original civil proceeding involving a proper-person petition for a writ of mandamus. The docket reflects that the petition was filed on May 10, 2022, the filing fee was waived, and the petition was denied by order dated June 30, 2022. A subsequent petition for rehearing was filed on July 13, 2022. The underlying document identified as 22-20674 is unavailable through the case-management system.

Court
Supreme Court of Nevada
Jurisdiction
Nevada
Decision date
June 30, 2022
Docket number
84693
Procedural posture
Original civil proceeding in which petitioner sought a writ of mandamus from the Supreme Court of Nevada.
Precedential value
Published status is indicated in the supplied metadata, but the available document is a per curiam dispositional order and does not include substantive reasoning.
Parties
Chad Windham Mitchell v. The First Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, in and for the County of Carson City
Disposition
writ_denied

Topics

appellate procedurecivil procedureremedies

Practice areas

Appellate procedureCivil procedureExtraordinary writs

Questions Presented

  1. Whether Mitchell was entitled to a writ of mandamus from the Supreme Court of Nevada.

Key quotations

ORDER the petition DENIED.

Factual background

The available case-management record does not contain the underlying factual allegations or the court's substantive analysis. It indicates only that Mitchell sought mandamus relief against the First Judicial District Court and later asserted that dismissal of a related appeal made the petition an emergency.

Procedural history

Mitchell filed a proper-person petition for a writ of mandamus in the Supreme Court of Nevada. The court waived the filing fee, treated the matter as an emergency after dismissal of a related appeal, and denied the petition on June 30, 2022. Mitchell subsequently filed a petition for rehearing.

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