| Docket Entries |
| Date | Type | Description | Pending? | Document |
| 12/06/2017 | Filing Fee | Appeal Filing Fee Waived. State/County/Municipality. | | |
| 12/06/2017 | Notice of Appeal Documents | Filed Notice of Appeal. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day. (Docketing statement mailed to counsel for appellant.) | | 17-41988
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| 12/06/2017 | Notice/Outgoing | Issued Notice of Referral to Settlement Program. This appeal may be assigned to the settlement program. Timelines for requesting transcripts and filing briefs are stayed. | | 17-41991
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| 12/07/2017 | Settlement Notice | Issued Notice: Assignment to Settlement Program. Issued Assignment Notice to NRAP 16 Settlement Program. Settlement Judge: Israel Kunin. | | 17-42188
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| 12/15/2017 | Motion | Filed Respondent's Motion to Expedite Appeal. | | 17-43484
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| 12/21/2017 | Notice/Incoming | Filed Amended Certificate of Service (Respondent's Motion to Expedite Appeal served on Settlement Judge). | | 17-44072
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| 12/22/2017 | Motion | Filed Appellant's Opposition to Motion to Expedite Appeal. | | 17-44210
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| 12/27/2017 | Docketing Statement | Filed Docketing Statement. | | 17-44637
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| 12/27/2017 | Motion | Filed Respondent's Motion for Leave to File Response in Excess of Page/Type Volume Limitation. | | 17-44696
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| 01/05/2018 | Settlement Program Report | Filed ECAR/Not Appropriate for Settlement Program. This case is not appropriate for mediation. | | 18-00690
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| 01/12/2018 | Order/Clerk's | Filed Clerk's Order. Cause appearing, respondent's motion for leave to file a response in excess pages is granted. Accordingly, the clerk shall detach and file the reply submitted with respondent's motion. | | 18-01778
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| 01/12/2018 | Motion | Filed Reply to Response to Review-Journal's Motion to Expedite Appeal. | | 18-01780
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| 01/12/2018 | Settlement Order/Procedural | Filed Order Removing From Settlement Program/Briefing Stayed. This appeal is removed from the settlement program. Briefing and requesting of transcripts remains suspended pending resolution of respondent's motion to dismiss this appeal. | | 18-01804
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| 01/18/2018 | Order/Procedural | Filed Order. We grant the motion to expedite this appeal to the following extent. Upon completion of briefing, this appeal shall be expedited to the extent that this court's docket will allow. Transcript Request due: 15 days. Opening Brief and Appendix due: 90 days. fn1 [The settlement judge has filed a report that this appeal is not appropriate for mediation; accordingly, we deny, as moot, the request to remove the appeal from the program.] | | 18-02420
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| 02/13/2018 | Notice/Incoming | Filed Notice of Appearance. (Attorney Micah Echols with Marquis Aurbach Coffing representing appellant.) | | 18-05949
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| 02/13/2018 | Motion | Filed Appellant's Motion for Extension of Time to File Notice of Filing Request for Transcript. | | 18-06012
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| 02/21/2018 | Order/Procedural | Filed Order Granting Motion. The clerk shall file the transcript request form received on February 13, 2018. | | 18-06734
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| 02/21/2018 | Transcript Request | Filed Request for Transcript of Proceedings. Transcripts requested: 6/28/17 and 1/11/2018. To Court Reporter: Bill Nelson. | | 18-06736
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| 03/14/2018 | Motion | Filed Appellant's Motion to Consolidate Appeals. Nos. 74604/75095. | | 18-10126
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| 03/19/2018 | Motion | Filed Respondent's Opposition to Motion to Consolidate Appeals. Nos. 74604/75095. | | 18-10580
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| 03/26/2018 | Motion | Filed Appellant's Reply in Support of Motion to Consolidate Appeals. Nos. 74604/75095. | | 18-11644
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| 03/29/2018 | Order/Procedural | Filed Order Denying Motion. Appellant has filed a motion to consolidate the appeals. We deny the motion. Although the cases will not be formally consolidated, they will nonetheless be clustered based on the related subject matter to ensure that the appeals are resolved in a consistent and efficient manner. Nos. 74604/75095. | | 18-12038
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| 04/13/2018 | Motion | Filed Appellant's Motion for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief and Appendix. | | 18-14269
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| 04/13/2018 | Notice/Outgoing | Issued Notice Motion/Stipulation Approved. Appellant's Opening Brief and Appendix due: May 18, 2018. | | 18-14271
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| 05/21/2018 | Motion | Filed Appellant's Motion for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief. | | 18-19204
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| 05/21/2018 | Appendix | Filed Joint Appendix, Volume 1. | | 18-19206
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| 05/21/2018 | Appendix | Filed Joint Appendix, Volume 2. | | 18-19207
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| 05/21/2018 | Motion | Filed Respondent's Notice of Non-Opposition to Motion for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief. | | 18-19240
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| 05/25/2018 | Order/Procedural | Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellant's Opening Brief and Appendix due: 5 days. | | 18-20180
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| 06/06/2018 | Brief | Filed Appellant's Opening Brief. | | 18-21464
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| 06/29/2018 | Motion | Filed Respondent's Unopposed Motion for Extension to File Answering Brief. | | 18-24778
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| 07/02/2018 | Order/Procedural | Filed Order Granting Motion. Respondent's Answering Brief due: August 13, 2018. | | 18-24967
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| 08/13/2018 | Appendix | Filed Appendix to Answering Brief - Volume I. | | 18-31166
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| 08/13/2018 | Appendix | Filed Appendix to Answering Brief - Volume II. | | 18-31167
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| 08/13/2018 | Appendix | Filed Appendix to Answering Brief - Volume III. | | 18-31168
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| 08/14/2018 | Motion | Filed Respondent's Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Answering Brief in Excess of Page/Type Volume Limitation. | | 18-31286
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| 08/21/2018 | Notice/Incoming | Filed Notice of Appearance. Attorney Kristen T. Gallagher appearing as counsel for The Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press and 11 media organizations in support of respondent. | | 18-32292
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| 08/21/2018 | Motion | Filed Amicus Reporters Committee Motion to Associate Counsel (Caitlin Veronica Vogus). | | 18-32293
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| 08/21/2018 | Motion | Filed Motion of the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press and 11 Media Organizations for Leave to File Amici Curiae Brief in Support of Respondent. (DETACHED AMICUS BRIEF AND FILED SEPARATELY PER 10/18/18 ORDER). | | 18-32296
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| 08/21/2018 | Order/Procedural | Filed Order Denying Motion. The clerk of this court shall reject the answering brief received on August 14, 2018. Respondents shall have 15 days from the date of this order to file and serve an answering brief that complies with either the standard page limitation (not more than 30 pages) or type-volume limitation (not more than 14,000 words), and all formatting requirements of NRAP 32. | | 18-32301
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| 08/30/2018 | Order/Clerk's | Filed Order Granting Extension Per Telephonic Request. Appellant's Response to the Motion of the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press and 11 Media Organizations for Leave to File Amici Curiae Brief in Support of Respondent due: September 13, 2018. | | 18-33882
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| 08/30/2018 | Order/Clerk's | Filed Order Granting Extension Per Telephonic Request. Appellant's Response to Amicus Reporters Committee's Motion to Associate Counsel due: September 13, 2018. | | 18-33884
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| 09/06/2018 | Brief | Filed Respondent's Answering Brief. | | 18-34735
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| 09/14/2018 | Motion | Filed Appellant's Opposition to Motion of the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press and 11 Media Organizations for Leave to file Amici Curiae Brief in Support of Respondent and Opposition to Motion to Associate Counsel. | | 18-35973
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| 09/14/2018 | Motion | Filed Appellant's Motion to Strike Respondent's Appendix and Motion to Stay Briefing. | | 18-35975
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| 09/21/2018 | Motion | Filed Respondent's Opposition to Motion to Strike Respondent's Appendix and Motion to Stay Briefing. | | 18-37104
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| 09/24/2018 | Motion | Filed Reply in Support of Motion of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 11 Media Organizations for Leave to File Amici Curiae Brief in Support of Respondent. | | 18-37125
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| 09/28/2018 | Motion | Filed Appellant's Reply in Support of Motion to Strike Respondent's Appendix and Reply in Support of Motion to Stay Briefing. | | 18-38168
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| 10/15/2018 | Notice/Incoming | Filed Notice of Change of Firm Name. (McLetchie Law, f/k/a McLetchie Shell) | | 18-40329
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| 10/16/2018 | Notice/Incoming | Filed Notice of Change of Address. Caitlin Vogus, counsel for Amici Curiae. | | 18-40500
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| 10/18/2018 | Order/Procedural | Filed Order Granting Motion to File Amicus Brief, To Associate Counsel, and Denying Motion to Strike Appendix. We grant the motion filed by Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press and 11 media organizations to file an amicus brief in support of respondent. We direct the clerk of this court to detach the amicus brief from the motion filed August 21, 2018, and to file it separately. Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press has also filed a motion to associate attorney Caitlin Veronica Vogus, Esq., pursuant to SCR 42. We grant the motion to associate. Ms. Vogus shall be permitted to appear on behalf of amici curiae in this matter. Nevada attorney Kristen T. Gallagher of McDonald Carano LLP shall be responsible for all matters presented by Ms. Vogus in this appeal. Appellant has filed a motion to strike respondent's appendix and to stay briefing pending a decision on the motion to strike. We deny the motion to strike. Appellant's alternative request for leave to file a reply brief of no more than 10,000 words based on responding to both respondent's answering brief and the amicus brief is granted. Appellant's Reply Brief due: 30 days. fn1 [Appellant's motion to stay briefing is denied as moot.] | | 18-40958
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| 10/18/2018 | Brief | Filed Amici Curiae Brief of The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 11 Media Organizations. | | 18-40960
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| 11/15/2018 | Order/Clerk's | Filed Order Granting Telephonic Extension. Appellant's Reply Brief due: December 3, 2018. (SC) | | 18-904455
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| 11/20/2018 | Notice/Incoming | Filed Notice of Appearance of Counsel (Jackie Nichols as counsel for Appellant. (SC) | | 18-905070
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| 12/04/2018 | Brief | Filed Appellant's Reply Brief. (SC) | | 18-906799
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| 12/04/2018 | Appendix | Filed Appendix to Reply Brief. | | 18-906800
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| 12/04/2018 | Case Status Update | Briefing Completed/To Screening. (SC) | | |
| 12/24/2018 | Motion | Filed Respondent's Motion for Leave to File Surreply. (SC) | | 18-910246
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| 12/27/2018 | Order/Clerk's | Filed Order Granting Telephonic Extension. Appellant's Opposition to Motion to File Surreply due: January 18, 2019. (SC) | | 18-910673
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| 01/17/2019 | Motion | Filed Appellant's Opposition to Motion for Leave to File Sur-Reply. (SC) | | 19-02773
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| 01/24/2019 | Motion | Filed Respondent's Reply to Opposition for Leave to File Surreply. (SC) | | 19-03798
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| 02/11/2019 | Order/Procedural | Filed Order Regarding Motion. Respondent has filed a motion for leave to file a sur-reply of no more than 9 pages to the reply brief in this matter. We grant the motion. We therefore direct the clerk of this court to file the sur-reply received via e-filing on December 24, 2018. Appellant's Response due: 7 days. (SC). | | 19-06297
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| 02/11/2019 | Brief | Filed Respondent's Surreply. (SC). | | 19-06302
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| 02/13/2019 | Order/Clerk's | Filed Order Granting Extension Per Telephonic Request. Appellant's Response to Respondent's Sur-Reply due: March 7, 2019. (SC). | | 19-06946
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| 03/07/2019 | Brief | Filed Appellant's Response to Sur-Reply. (SC) | | 19-10365
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| 05/01/2019 | Order/Procedural | Filed Order Regarding Oral Argument. Based on this court's review of the briefs filed in this appeal, we elect to consolidate these appeals for purposes of oral argument only, Oral argument will be held before the en banc court on June 3, 2019, at 2:30 p.m. in Las Vegas. Oral argument shall be limited to 30 minutes. Nos. 74604/75095. (SC). | | 19-19123
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| 05/08/2019 | Motion | Filed Appellant's Motion to Postpone Oral Argument Hearing Date and Allow Longer Argument Time. (SC) | | 19-20221
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| 05/14/2019 | Order/Procedural | Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellant has filed a motion to continue oral argument in this matter and to extend the time for argument to 60 minutes. The motion is granted. The oral argument presently scheduled for June 3, 2019, at 2:30 p.m. is vacated. This matter will be rescheduled for oral argument on July 2, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. in Carson City. Argument shall be limited to 60 minutes. Nos. 74604/75095. (SC). | | 19-21115
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| 05/16/2019 | Notice/Outgoing | Issued Notice Scheduling Oral Argument. Argument is scheduled for Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. for 60 minutes in Carson City. (SC) | | 19-21610
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| 05/17/2019 | Motion | Filed Respondent's Unopposed Motion to Continue Oral Argument. Nos. 74604/75095. (SC) | | 19-21702
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| 05/30/2019 | Order/Procedural | Filed Order Granting Motion to Continue Oral Argument. The oral argument presently scheduled for July 2, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. in Carson City is vacated. Nos. 74604/75095. (SC) | | 19-23496
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| 07/16/2019 | Notice/Incoming | Filed Notice of Withdrawal of Counsel (Caitlin Vogus will no longer act as counsel for amici curiae The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press). Nos. 74604/75095. (SC) | | 19-30069
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| 08/26/2019 | Notice/Outgoing | Issued Notice Scheduling Oral Argument. Oral Argument is scheduled for 60 minutes on Monday, October 7, 2019 at 1:30 pm. nos. 74604/75095 (SC) | | 19-35587
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| 09/23/2019 | Brief | Filed Appellant's Notice of Supplemental Authorities in Docket No. 74604. Nos. 74604/75095. (SC) | | 19-39540
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| 09/23/2019 | Brief | Filed Appellant's Notice of Supplemental Authorities in Docket No. 75095. Nos. 74604/75095. (SC) | | 19-39541
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| 09/27/2019 | Notice/Outgoing | Issued Oral Argument Reminder Notice. Nos. 74604/75095 (SC) | | 19-40224
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| 09/30/2019 | Notice/Incoming | Filed Notice of Appearance for Oral Argument (Margaret A. Mcletchie for Respondent). Nos. 74604/75095. (SC) | | 19-40429
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| 09/30/2019 | Notice/Incoming | Filed Notice of Appearance for Oral Argument (Margaret A. Mcletchie for Respondent). Nos. 74604/75095. (SC) | | 19-40430
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| 10/02/2019 | Order/Procedural | Filed Voluntary Disclosure. I believe that I can be fair and impartial in this case, but I wish to disclose as the Chief Deputy District Attorney of the Special Victims Unit, I served as a member of the Clark County Child Death Review Team from the mid-1990s until 2003. The parties will have until Friday, October 4, 2019, at 5:00 p.m. to file any objection based on my disclosure. Nos. 74604/75095. (SC) | | 19-40963
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| 10/03/2019 | Notice/Incoming | Filed Respondent's Response to Appellant's Notice of Supplemental Authorities (Case No. 75095). Nos. 74604/75095. (SC) | | 19-41132
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| 10/07/2019 | Case Status Update | Oral argument held this day. Case submitted for decision. Before the En Banc Court (SC) | | |
| 01/23/2020 | Notice/Incoming | Filed Notice of Appearance. Craig R. Anderson, Esq., of the law firm Marquis Aurbach Coffing, is hereby appearing in this matter for Appellant, Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner. Nos. 74604/75095. (SC) | | 20-03227
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| 02/27/2020 | Opinion/Dispositional | Filed Authored Opinion. "Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded (Docket No. 74604; vacated (Docket o. 75095." Before the Court En Banc. Author: Parraguirre, J. Majority: Parraguirre/Pickering/Gibbons/Hardesty/Stiglich/Cadish/Silver. 135 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 10. EN BANC. Nos. 74604/75095. (SC) | | 20-07837
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| 03/23/2020 | Remittitur | Issued Remittitur. (SC) | | 20-11061
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| 03/23/2020 | Case Status Update | Remittitur Issued/Case Closed. (SC) | | |
| 04/27/2020 | Remittitur | Filed Remittitur. Received by District Court Clerk on April 1, 2020. Nos. 74604/75095. (SC) | | 20-11061
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