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Combined Case Information: 92008
Short Caption:LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, INC VS. DIST. CT. (CHASING HORSE) (CIVIL)Court:Supreme Court
Lower Court Case(s):Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - C387035Classification:Original Proceeding - Civil - Mandamus/Prohibition
Disqualifications:Case Status:Writ Issued
Replacement:Chief Justice Herndon for Justice LeePanel Assigned: Panel
To SP/Judge:SP Status:
Oral Argument:Oral Argument Location:
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Docket Entries
DateTypeDescriptionPending?Document
01/27/2026Filing FeeFiling fee paid. E-Payment $250.00 from Margaret A. McLetchie. (SC).
01/27/2026Petition/WritFiled Emergency Petition for Writ of Mandamus and/or, in the Alternative Prohibition. (SC).26-03999
01/27/2026AppendixFiled Appendix to Petition for Writ - Appendix Index Volumes. (SC).26-04000
01/27/2026AppendixFiled Appendix to Petition for Writ Volume 1. (SC).26-04001
01/27/2026AppendixFiled Appendix to Petition for Writ Volume 2. (SC).26-04002
01/27/2026AppendixFiled Appendix to Petition for Writ Volume 3. (SC).26-04003
01/27/2026AppendixFiled Appendix to Petition for Writ Volume 4. (SC).26-04004
01/27/2026MotionFiled Petitioner's Motion for Order Directing District Court to Transmit Exhibits (SC)26-04005
01/27/2026MotionFiled Petitioner's Motion Regarding the Filing Under Seal of Petitioners' Appendix Volumes I and II (SC)26-04006
01/27/2026BriefFiled Brief of Amici Curiae Nevada Press Association ACLU of Nevada Foundation INC The First Amendment Lawyers Association The Center for American Liberty in Support of Petitioners(SC)26-04053
01/27/2026MotionFiled Nevada Press Association, American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada Foundation, INC., The Center for American Liberty, and First Amendment Lawyers Association's Application for Permission to File Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners (SC)26-04054
01/28/2026Order/ProceduralFiled Order Regarding Motions. Petitioners have moved for an order directing the district court to transmit the JAVS audio-visual recordings from the underlying trial in Case No. C-24-387035-1. The order is granted with respect to the JAVS recording of all proceedings on January 21, 2026. NRAP 30(d). Thus, the district court clerk shall immediately transmit to this court the January 21, 2026, JAVS recording(s). The motion is denied, without prejudice, with respect to the JAVS recordings from the other trial dates, as it is not clear from what is before this court that they are at issue. Petitioners have also moved for leave to file redacted and sealed versions of appendix volumes I and II. The motion is provisionally granted, SRCR 2 3(4)(h), subject to further review and decision by this court. Petitioners represent that they have mailed or otherwise delivered the unredacted volumes on January 27, 2026. The clerk of this court shall file, under seal, the unredacted versions of appendix volumes I and II once they are received. Finally, the Nevada Press Association, the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada Foundation, Inc., the Center for American Liberty, and the First Amendment Lawyers Association have moved for leave to file a joint brief as amici curiae. Having reviewed the motion and proposed brief, the motion is granted. Thus, despite a deficiency on the cover page concerning room for the file stamp, see NRAP 32(a)(2), the proposed amici curiae brief, provisionally filed on January 27, 2026, is accepted. (SC)26-04185
01/28/2026Order/DispositionalFiled Order Granting Petition for Writ of Mandamus. "ORDER the petition GRANTED AND DIRECT THE CLERK OF THIS COURT TO ISSUE A WRIT OF MANDAMUS instructing the district court to vacate its January 13, 2026, "amended decorum order" insofar as it restricts petitioners from publishing the identity of the alleged victim and publicly available information and direct the district court not to exclude petitioners from the trial on the basis of their refusal to submit to the restrictions in the decorum order." fn1[In light of this order, petitioners' alternative request for a writ of prohibition is denied.] DH/EC/LS (SC)26-04231
01/28/2026MotionFiled Amicus Our Nevada Judges, Inc. Motion for Permission to File Amicus Brief (SC)Y26-04267
01/28/2026WritIssued Writ with letter. Original and one copy of writ and copy of the order mailed to Margaret A. McLetchie (Mcletchie Law Group PLLC) for service upon Judge Jessica K. Peterson. (SC)26-04269
01/30/2026AppendixFiled Appendix to Petition for Writ Volume 1. (UNREDACTED). (SC).
01/30/2026AppendixFiled Appendix to Petition for Writ Volume 2. (UNREDACTED). (SC).
02/04/2026Notice/IncomingFiled Petitioner's Certificate of Service of Writ of Mandamus (SC)26-05588
02/10/2026WritFiled Returned Writ. Original Writ returned. Served on Judge Jessica K. Peterson, on 02/03/2026. (SC)26-06768
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