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Case Information: 72317
Short Caption:EUREKA CTY. VS. DIST. CT. (SADLER RANCH, LLC)Court:Supreme Court
Lower Court Case(s):Eureka Co. - Seventh Judicial DistrictClassification:Original Proceeding - Civil - Cert/Man/Pro
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:10/13/2017How Submitted:On Record And Briefs

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Docket Entries
DateTypeDescriptionPending?Document
02/08/2017Filing FeeFiling fee paid. E-Payment $250.00 from Karen A Peterson.
02/08/2017Petition/WritFiled Verified Petition for Writ of Prohibition or in the Alternative, Writ of Certiorari or Mandamus.17-04512
02/08/2017AppendixFiled Appendix to Petition for Writ - Volumes 1-2.17-04632
02/08/2017Notice/IncomingFiled Notice of Verified Petition for Writ of Prohibition or in the Alternative, Writ of Certiorari or Mandamus.17-04633
03/01/2017MotionFiled Real Party in Interest's Motion to Dismiss Petition for Writ of Prohibition or, in the Alternative, Writ of Certiorari or Mandamus.17-06991
03/06/2017MotionFiled Petitioner Eureka County's Response in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss.17-07420
03/08/2017Notice/IncomingFiled Petitioner Diamond Natural Resources Protection & Conservation Association's Joinder in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Petition for Writ of Prohibition or, in the Alternative, Petition for Writ of Prohibition or, in the Alternative, Writ of Certiorari or Mandamus.17-07832
03/10/2017MotionFiled Real Party in Interest's Reply to Eureka County's Response in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Petition for Writ of Prohibition or, in the Alternative, Writ of Certiorari or Mandamus.17-08222
03/16/2017MotionFiled Real Party In Interest Sadler Ranch, LLC's Motion to Dismiss Writ Petition.17-08806
03/16/2017Order/ProceduralFiled Order/Answer Writ Petition. Answer due: 30 days. fn1[The March 1 and March 16, 2017, motions to dismiss this petition are denied.]17-08905
03/20/2017Notice/IncomingFiled State Engineer's Joinder to Verified Petition.17-09191
04/03/2017MotionFiled Real Party in Interest Ruby Hill Mining Company, LLC's Response to Order Directing Answer.17-10980
04/04/2017Order/ProceduralFiled Order Approving Joinder. Real Party in interest Jason King, P.E., the Nevada State Engineer, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources has filed a joinder to the petition for writ relief by petitioners. Cause appearing, we approve the joinder. The clerk shall amend the caption consistent with the caption of this order. King shall have 5 days from the date of this order to provide this court with written proof of service of the joinder on the respondent judge.17-11150
04/06/2017Petition/WritFiled Answer of Roger B. and Judith B. Allen, Real Parties in Interest, to Verified Petition for Writ of Prohibition or, in the Alternative, Writ of Certiorari or Mandamus.17-11462
04/10/2017Notice/IncomingFiled Amended Certificate of Service (State Engineer's Joinder to Verified Petition).17-11766
04/17/2017MotionFiled Real Party in Interest's Response to Order Directing Answer (Election to Not File an Answer).17-12572
04/18/2017AppendixFiled Real Party in Interest's Appendix to Answer to Writ Petition (Sadler Ranch, LLC) Volume 1.17-12769
04/18/2017AppendixFiled Real Party in Interest's Appendix to Answer to Writ Petition (Sadler Ranch, LLC) Volume 2.17-12771
04/18/2017AppendixFiled Real Party in Interest's Appendix to Answer to Writ Petition (Sadler Ranch, LLC) Volume 3.17-12772
04/18/2017AppendixFiled Real Party in Interest's Appendix to Answer to Writ Petition (Sadler Ranch, LLC) Volume 4.17-12773
04/18/2017AppendixFiled Real Party in Interest's Appendix to Answer to Writ Petition (Sadler Ranch, LLC) Volume 5.17-12782
04/18/2017Petition/WritFiled Real Party in Interest's Answer to Petition for Writ (Sadler Ranch, LLC) .17-12797
04/25/2017Order/ProceduralFiled Order. Petitioners' Reply in Support of the Petition due: 15 days.17-13693
05/10/2017Petition/WritFiled Nevada State Engineer's Reply to Answer to Petition.17-15712
05/10/2017Petition/WritFiled Petitioner Eureka County's Reply in Support of Verified Petition for Writ of Prohibition or in the Alternative, Writ of Certiorari or Mandamus.17-15735
05/10/2017AppendixFiled Petitioner Eureka County's Appendix to Reply in Support of Verified Petition for Writ of Prohibition or in the Alternative, Writ of Certiorari or Mandamus VOLUME 1.17-15739
06/06/2017Notice/IncomingFiled Real Party in Interest Sadler Ranch, LLC's Request for Judicial Notice.17-18695
06/14/2017MotionFiled Petitioner's Opposition to Real Party in Interest Sadler Ranch, LLC's Request for Judicial Notice.17-19645
06/21/2017MotionFiled Real Party in Interest's Reply to Opposition to Real Party in Interest Sadler Ranch, LLC's Request for Judicial Notice.17-20525
07/21/2017Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. Real party in interest Sadler Ranch, LLC, has filed a motion requesting that this court take judicial notice. We grant the motion. We decline to take judicial notice of the documents as appended to Sadler's motion because they are incomplete and do not bear the file-stamp of the district court clerk. Sadler shall have 15 days from the date of this order to file complete and file-stamped copies of the documents that are the subject of the motion.17-24303
08/03/2017MotionFiled Real Party in Interest Sadler Ranch, LLC's Response to Order Granting Motion.17-25898
08/29/2017Order/ProceduralFiled Order. Numerous parties filed a single response noting that their interests "are aligned with those of Petitioners" and they "therefore support the granting of the writ." We elect to treat this document as a joinder in the petition and conclude that these parties should be designated as petitioners, rather than real parties in interest, in the caption of this matter. The clerk shall conform the caption on this court's docket to the caption on this order. Ruby Hill Mining Company, LLC's Notice due: 5 days. fn2[ If any party objects to this modification of the caption, that party shall notify this court, in writing, within five days from the date of this order.]17-28890
08/31/2017MotionFiled Response of Real Party in Interest Ruby Hill Mining Company, LLC Notifying This Court That It Neither Joins Nor Opposes the "Verified Petition for Writ of Prohibition or in the Alternative, Writ of Certiorari or Mandamus" and Further Notifying This Court That it Should be Removed From the Caption in This Matter.17-29317
09/19/2017Order/ProceduralFiled Order. We direct the clerk of this court to remove Ruby Hill Mining Company, LLC from the caption of this matter.17-31549
10/13/2017Order/ProceduralFiled Order Submitting for Decision Without Oral Argument.17-34953
12/28/2017Opinion/DispositionalFiled Authored Opinion. "Petition granted." Direct the clerk of this court to issue a writ of mandamus vacating the district court's order denying the State Engineer's motion for Sadler Ranch to provide notice to all affected appropriators in Diamond Valley and direct the district court to enter an order requiring that notice be provided to all junior water rights holders in Diamond Valley prior to any show cause hearing being conducted in the district court. Before: Hardesty/Parraguirre/Stiglich. Author: Hardesty, J. Majority: Hardesty/Parraguirre/Stiglich. 133 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 111. NNP17-JH/RP/LS (OPINION WITHDRAWN PER ORDER FILED 5/17/18)
12/28/2017WritIssued Writ with letter. Original and one copy of writ and two copies of the opinion mailed to Attorney Karen Peterson for service upon Judge Gary Fairman.17-44800
01/09/2018WritFiled Returned Writ. Original Writ returned. Served on Judge Gary Fairman on January 5, 2018.18-01150
01/17/2018Post-Judgment PetitionFiled Real Party in Interest Sadler Ranch, LLC's Petition for Rehearing.18-02243
01/17/2018Filing FeeFiling fee paid. E-Payment $150.00 from Paul G. Taggart
05/17/2018Post-Judgment OrderFiled Order Granting Petition for Rehearing. We grant the petition for rehearing and withdraw our opinion that appears at 133 Nev., Adv. Op. 111 (Dec. 28, 2017).18-18818
05/17/2018Opinion/DispositionalFiled Authored Opinion. "Petition granted." Direct the clerk of this court to issue a writ of mandamus vacating the district court's order denying the State Engineer's motion for Sadler Ranch to provide notice to all affected appropriators in Diamond Valley and direct the district court to enter an order requiring that notice be provided to all junior water rights holders in Diamond Valley prior to any show cause hearing being conducted in the district court. Before: JH/RP/LS. Author: Hardesty, J. Majority: Hardesty/Parraguirre/Stiglich. 134 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 37. NNP17-JH/RP/LS18-18822
05/17/2018WritIssued Writ with letter. Original and one copy of writ and two copies of opinion mailed to Attorney Karen Peterson for service upon Judge Gary Fairman.18-18912
05/30/2018WritFiled Returned Writ. Original Writ returned. Served on Judge Gary Fairman on May 24, 2018.18-20600
06/06/2018Notice/IncomingFiled Notice of Substitution of Counsel. Deputy Attorney General has assumed responsibility for representation of respondent Jason King in place of Senior Deputy Attorney General Justina A. Caviglia.18-21469
06/11/2018RemittiturIssued Notice in Lieu of Remittitur.18-22044
06/11/2018Case Status UpdateNotice in Lieu of Remittitur Issued/Case Closed.
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