Combined Case Information: 89977
Short Caption:	STATE, DEP'T OF CORR. VS. DIST. CT. (CAPERONIS) (CIVIL)	Court:	Supreme Court
Lower Court Case(s):	Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - A885427	Classification:	Original Proceeding - Civil - Mandamus
Disqualifications:		Case Status:	Notice in Lieu of Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:		Panel Assigned:	Panel
To SP/Judge:		SP Status:
Oral Argument:		Oral Argument Location:
Submission Date:	08/21/2025	How Submitted:	On Briefs

+ Party Information
Role	Party Name	Represented By
Petitioner	James Scally	Aaron D. Ford (Attorney General/Carson City) Leo Thomas Hendges (Attorney General/Las Vegas) Jessica E. Whelan (Attorney General/Las Vegas)
Petitioner	Jeremy Bean	Aaron D. Ford (Attorney General/Carson City) Leo Thomas Hendges (Attorney General/Las Vegas) Jessica E. Whelan (Attorney General/Las Vegas)
Petitioner	Julie Williams	Aaron D. Ford (Attorney General/Carson City) Leo Thomas Hendges (Attorney General/Las Vegas) Jessica E. Whelan (Attorney General/Las Vegas)
Petitioner	The State of Nevada Department of Corrections	Aaron D. Ford (Attorney General/Carson City) Leo Thomas Hendges (Attorney General/Las Vegas) Jessica E. Whelan (Attorney General/Las Vegas)
Real Party in Interest	Estate of Brian Anthony Caperonis, Deceased	Mark H. Hutchings (Hutchings Law Group, LLC) John Lanning (Hutchings Law Group, LLC)
Real Party in Interest	William Joseph Caperonis	Mark H. Hutchings (Hutchings Law Group, LLC) John Lanning (Hutchings Law Group, LLC)
Respondent	Bita Yeager
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
01/23/2025	Filing Fee	Petition Filing Fee Waived. State/County/Municipality. (SC)
01/23/2025	Petition/Writ	Filed Petition for Writ of Mandamus. (SC)		25-03339
01/23/2025	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ of Mandamus - Index. (SC)		25-03340
01/23/2025	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ of Mandamus - Volume I of II. (SC)		25-03341
01/23/2025	Appendix	Filed Appendix to Petition for Writ of Mandamus - Volume II of II . (SC)		25-03342
01/23/2025	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice of Mandatory Electronic Filing. All attorneys are required to file electronically. To: Leo T. Hendges. (SC)		25-03348
02/07/2025	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Directing Answer. Answer due: 28 days. Petitioners shall have 14 days from service of the answer to file and serve any reply. (SC)		25-06138
03/07/2025	Petition/Writ	Filed Real Parties in Interest Answer to Petition for Writ of Mandamus. (SC)		25-10779
03/20/2025	Order/Clerk's	Filed Order Granting Extension Per Telephonic Request. Petitioners reply to the answer to the petition due: April 4, 2025. (SC)		25-12808
04/04/2025	Motion	Filed Petitioners' Motion for Extension of Time to File Reply in Support of Petition for Writ of Mandamus. (SC)		25-15242
04/09/2025	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Petitioners' reply due: April 18, 2025. (SC)		25-15936
04/18/2025	Petition/Writ	Filed Petitioners' Reply to Answer to Petition. (SC)		25-17602
08/21/2025	Order/Procedural	Filed Order/Submit on Briefs. Cause appearing, oral argument will not be scheduled and this appeal shall stand submitted for decision before a panel of this court as of the date of this order on the briefs filed herein. (SC)		25-36817
11/13/2025	Opinion/Dispositional	Filed Authored Opinion. "Petition denied." Before: Pickering/Cadish/Lee. Author: Cadish, J. Majority: Pickering/Cadish/Lee 141 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 54. (SC).		25-49566
12/04/2025	Remittitur	Issued Notice in Lieu of Remittitur.(SC)		25-52832
12/04/2025	Case Status Update	Notice in Lieu of Remittitur Issued/Case Closed.(SC)