Combined Case Information: 88457
Short Caption:	CLARK CNTY. DEP'T. OF FAM. SERV. VS. DIST. CT. (SHARP)	Court:	Supreme Court
		Related Case(s):	91408, 91899
Lower Court Case(s):	Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - C377729-1	Classification:	Original Proceeding - Criminal - Mandamus/Prohibition
Disqualifications:		Case Status:	Notice in Lieu of Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:		Panel Assigned:	Panel
To SP/Judge:		SP Status:
Oral Argument:	10/15/2024 at 10:45 AM	Oral Argument Location:	Carson City
Submission Date:	10/15/2024	How Submitted:

+ Party Information
Role	Party Name	Represented By
Petitioner	Clark County Department of Family Services	Donella M. Rowe (Clark County District Attorney/Juvenile Division)
Petitioner	Clark County District Attorney's Office	Melanie H. Marland (Clark County District Attorney)
Real Party in Interest	Nikos DeWayne Sharp	Kristy S. Holston (Clark County Public Defender)
Respondent	Kathleen E. Delaney
Respondent	The Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, in and for the County of Clark

Docket Entries
Date	Type	Description	Pending?	Document
04/12/2024	Filing Fee	Petition Filing Fee Waived. Criminal. (SC)
04/12/2024	Petition/Writ	Filed Petition for Writ of Mandamus or, in the Alternative, Prohibition. (SC)		24-12784
04/12/2024	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ of Mandamus, or in the Alternative, Prohibition. (SC)		24-12785
04/12/2024	Motion	Filed Motion to Supplement Petitioner's Appendix in Support of Petition for Writ of Mandamus(SC)		24-12832
04/12/2024	Appendix	Filed Petitioner's Supplement to Appendix(SC)		24-12833
04/15/2024	Appendix	Filed Petitioner's Second Supplement to Appendix(SC)		24-13121
04/15/2024	Motion	Filed Petitioner's Emergency Motion for Stay Under NRAP 27(e)(SC)		24-13127
04/16/2024	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Directing Answer and Granting Temporary Stay. Answer due: 14 days. Petitioners shall have 7 days from service of the answer to file and serve any reply. We temporarily stay enforcement of the February 29 and April 15, 2024, district court orders requiring petitioners to turn over unredacted records and source information pending our receipt and consideration of any opposition to the stay motion, the district court's ruling on the stay motion pending below, and further order of this court. Any opposition to the stay motion is due by April 22, 2024. Petitioners shall provide to this court a copy of the district court's written order resolving the motion for stay below within 24 hours of its issuance. fn1 [Petitioners' motion for leave to file a supplemental appendix to the petition is granted; supplemental appendices were filed on April 12 and 15, 2024.] (SC)		24-13275
04/25/2024	Order/Incoming	Filed Petitioners' Notice - District Court Order Denying Stay Issued April 24, 2024. (SC)		24-14508
04/29/2024	Motion	Filed Real Party in Interest Motion for Extension to File Answer to Petition for Writ of Mandamus and/or Prohibition. (SC)		24-14745
05/01/2024	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Stay and Granting Motion for Extension of Time to File Answer. We grant the motion and extend our temporary stay of enforcement of the February 29 and April 15 district court orders pending this court's consideration of the writ petition and further order of the court. Real party in interest's motion for a 7-day extension of time to file his answer to the petition is granted; thus, the answer is due by May 7, 2024. (SC)		24-15311
05/07/2024	Notice/Incoming	Filed Appellant' s Notice of Appearance.(Kristy S. Holston for Respondent's)(SC)		24-16049
05/07/2024	Petition/Writ	Filed Real Party in Interest's Answer to Petition for Writ of Mandamus and/or Prohibition(SC)		24-16050
05/07/2024	Appendix	Filed Real Party in Interest Appendix Volume I(SC)		24-16051
05/07/2024	Appendix	Filed Real Party in Interest Appendix Volume II(SC)		24-16052
05/07/2024	Motion	Filed Real Party in Interest Motion to File Document Under Seal in the Appendix, (PER ORDER DETACHED 76-78, FILED UNDER SEALDED) (SC)
05/14/2024	Petition/Writ	Filed Petitioner's (Clark County Department of Family Services) Reply to Real Parties-In-Interest's Answer to Petition for Writ of Mandamus or in the Alternative Prohibition. (SC)		24-16903
05/24/2024	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion for Leave to File Document Under Seal. Real party in interest has moved for leave to file pages 76-78 of his appendix under seal, pointing out that the pages include an ex parte district court motion and order for the release of CPS/DFS/SNCAC records that was expressly filed under seal below to protect identifying information contained therein. The unopposed motion is granted. The clerk of this court shall detach from the motion and file under seal pages 76-78 of real party in interest's appendix. (SC)		24-18312
05/24/2024	Appendix	Filed Real Party in Interests (SEALED) Appendix to Answer to Petition for Writ. Pages 76-78. (FILED UNDER SEALED PER ORDER FILED ON 5/24/24) (SC)
09/16/2024	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Scheduling Oral Argument. This Court has determined that oral argument would be of assistance in resolving the issues presented in this matter. Accordingly, oral argument is scheduled for October 15, 2024, at 10:40 a.m. in Carson City. The argument shall be limited to 30 minutes. (SC)		24-34053
10/01/2024	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Oral Argument Reminder Notice. (SC)		24-36572
10/15/2024	Case Status Update	Oral argument held this day. Case submitted for decision. Before Herndon/Lee/Bell. (SC)
03/06/2025	Opinion/Dispositional	Filed Authored Opinion. "Petition denied." Before: Herndon/Bell/Lee. Author: Herndon, C.J. Majority: Herndon/Bell. Lee, J., concurring. 141 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 10. DH/LB/PL. (SC).		25-10291
03/27/2025	Remittitur	Issued Notice in Lieu of Remittitur.(SC)		25-13870
03/27/2025	Case Status Update	Notice in Lieu of Remittitur Issued/Case Closed.(SC)