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Case Information: 78209
Short Caption:VANISI (SIAOSI) VS. WARDEN (DEATH PENALTY-PC)Court:Supreme Court
Related Case(s):34771, 35249, 45061, 50607, 65774
Lower Court Case(s):Washoe Co. - Second Judicial District - CR980516Classification:Criminal Appeal - Death Penalty - Post-Conviction
Disqualifications:Case Status:Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:Panel Assigned: En Banc
To SP/Judge:SP Status:
Oral Argument:Oral Argument Location:
Submission Date:03/11/2020How Submitted:On Record And Briefs

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Docket Entries
DateTypeDescriptionPending?Document
02/28/2019Filing FeeAppeal Filing Fee Waived. Criminal. (SC)
02/28/2019Notice of Appeal DocumentsFiled Notice of Appeal. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day. (Docketing statement mailed to counsel for appellant.) (SC)19-09152
03/15/2019Transcript RequestFiled Certificate That No Transcript is Being Requested. (SC)19-11675
03/20/2019Docketing StatementFiled Docketing Statement Criminal Appeals. (SC)19-12441
06/26/2019MotionFiled Appellant's Request for Extension of Time Within Which to File Appellant's Opening Brief. (SC)19-27531
07/03/2019Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. Appellant's Opening Brief due: September 26, 2019. (SC).19-28536
09/26/2019BriefFiled Appellant's Opening Brief. (SC)19-40130
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 1. (SC)19-40131
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 2. (SC)19-40133
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 3. (SC)19-40135
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 4. (SC)19-40136
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 5. (SC)19-40138
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 6. (SC)19-40139
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 7. (SC)19-40141
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 8. (SC)19-40143
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellnat's Appendix Volume 9. (SC)19-40145
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 10. (SC19-40146
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 11. (SC)19-40147
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 12. (SC)19-40148
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 13. (SC)19-40149
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 14. (SC)19-40151
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 15. (SC)19-40152
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 16. (SC)19-40153
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 17. (SC)19-40155
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 18. (SC)19-40156
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 19. (SC)19-40157
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 20. (SC)19-40159
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 21. (SC)19-40160
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 22. (SC)19-40161
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 23. (SC)19-40163
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 24. (SC)19-40164
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 25. (SC)19-40166
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 26. (SC)19-40168
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 27. (SC)19-40169
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 28. (SC)19-40170
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 29. (SC)19-40171
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 30. (SC)19-40172
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 31. (SC)19-40175
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 32. (SC)19-40176
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 33. (SC)19-40178
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 34. (SC)19-40179
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 35. (SC)19-40180
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 36. (SC)19-40181
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 37. (SC)19-40182
09/26/2019AppendixFiled Appellant's Appendix Volume 38. (SC)19-40183
09/26/2019MotionFiled Appellant's Motion for Permission to file Under Seal. (SC)19-40185
09/26/2019MotionFiled Appellant's Motion to Transmit Select DVD Filed as Exhibit 146 with Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. (SC)19-40186
09/26/2019Notice/IncomingFiled Appellant's Appendix Notice of Manual Filing of Exhibit 146. (SC)19-40187
10/03/2019MotionFiled Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Appellant (American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada. (DETACHED AMICUS BRIEF AND FILED SEPARATELY PER ORDER 10/24/19). (SC)19-41054
10/03/2019MotionFiled Motion of Nevada Attorneys For Criminal Justice (NACJ) for Leave to File Brief of Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant's Appeal From Order Denying Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Post-Conviction). (DETACHED AMICUS BRIEF AND FILED SEPARATELY PER ORDER 10/24/19). (SC)19-41065
10/03/2019MotionFiled Motion of the Clark County Public Defender (CCPD), Clark County Special Public Defender (SPD), Nevada State Public Defender (NSPD), Washoe County Alternate Public Defender (APD), and Washoe County Public Defender (WCPD) for Leave to File Brief of Amicus Curiae Supporting Exemption of Severely Mentally Ill Persons from the Death Penalty. (SC)19-41080
10/03/2019BriefFiled Amicus Brief of the Clark County Public Defender (CCPD), Clark County Special Public Defender (SPD), Nevada State Public Defender (NSPD), Washoe County Alternate Public Defender (APD), and Washoe County Public Defender (WCPD) Supporting Exemption of Severely Mentally Ill Person from the Death Penalty. (SC)19-41082
10/03/2019MotionFiled Motion of Nevada Law Professors For Leave to File Brief of Amici Curiae Support of Appellant. (SC)19-41157
10/03/2019BriefFiled Amicus Brief of Nevada Law Professors. (SC)19-41158
10/08/2019MotionFiled Motion for Leave to File Brief for Amicus Curiae The American Bar Association in Support of Appellant and Reversal. (SC)19-41690
10/16/2019Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motions and Directing Transmission of Exhibit. The clerk shall file the portion of volume 37 received on September 30, 2019, under seal. The clerk of the district court shall have 14 days from the date of this order to transmit to the clerk of this court original Exhibit 146 to appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed on May 5, 2011, consisting of three DVDs. fn1[This court takes no action on appellant's September 26, 2019, notice of manual filing as no relief is requested therein.] (SC)19-42861
10/16/2019AppendixFiled SEALED - Appellant's Appendix, Volume 37. (SC)
10/16/2019MotionFiled Respondent's Motion for Enlargement of Time (Answering Brief). (SC)19-42872
10/24/2019Order/ProceduralFiled Order. The clerk shall detach the proposed brief from the motion filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada Foundation and the America Civil Liberties Union Foundation, and file it separately. The clerk shall detach the proposed brief from the motion filed by the Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice and file it separately. The briefs of the Nevada Law Professors, and the public defender offices were filed on October 3, 2019. The clerk shall file the brief of the American Bar Association received on October 8, 2019. Respondent shall have until December 12, 2019, to file and serve the answering brief. (SC)19-44027
10/24/2019BriefFiled Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Appellant (American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada Foundation and the America Civil Liberties Union Foundation). (SC)19-44040
10/24/2019BriefFiled Amicus Brief - Nevada Attorneys For Criminal Justice. (SC)19-44041
10/24/2019BriefFiled Amicus Brief of the American Bar Association in Support of Appellant and Reversal. (SC)19-44042
10/31/2019OtherReturned Unfiled Document - "Appellant's Pro Se Motion to Dismiss." (SC)19-44759
12/12/2019BriefFiled Respondent's Answering Brief. (SC)19-50498
01/10/2020MotionFiled Appellant's Request for Extension of Time Within Which to File Reply Brief. (SC)20-01347
01/22/2020Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. Appellant's Reply Brief due: March 10, 2020. (SC).20-03033
03/10/2020BriefFiled Appellant's Reply Brief. (SC)20-09526
03/11/2020Case Status UpdateBriefing Completed/Submitted For Decision/To Screening. (SC)
01/27/2022Order/DispositionalFiled Order of Affirmance. "ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED." EN BANC (SC)22-02698
02/14/2022MotionFiled Appellant's Motion to Extend Time within which to file Petition for Rehearing. (SC)22-04921
02/23/2022Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion. Appellant shall have until March 16, 2022, to file and serve any petition for rehearing. If no petition for rehearing is timely filed, the clerk shall issue the remittitur. (SC)22-05924
03/16/2022Post-Judgment PetitionFiled Appellant's Petition for Rehearing. (SC)22-08431
03/25/2022Order/ProceduralFiled Order Directing Answer to Petition for Rehearing. Respondent's Answer due: 14 days. (SC)22-09416
04/08/2022Order/Clerk'sFiled Order Granting Telephonic Extension. Respondent's Answer to Petition for Rehearing due: April 22, 2022. (SC)22-10972
04/22/2022Post-Judgment PetitionFiled Respondent's Answer to Petition for Rehearing. (SC)22-12808
05/18/2022Post-Judgment OrderFiled Order Denying Rehearing. "Rehearing Denied." NRAP 40(c). (SC)22-15757
05/23/2022MotionFiled Appellant's Motion for Stay of Remittitur Pending Filing of Petition for Writ of Certiorari. (SC)22-16222
05/31/2022Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion to Stay Issuance of Remittitur. Issuance of the remittitur is hereby stayed until October 11, 2022. If the clerk of this court receives written notice by October 11, 2022, from the clerk of the United States Supreme Court that appellant has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, the stay shall continue in effect until final disposition of the certiorari proceedings. If such notice is not received by October 11, 2022, the remittitur shall issue. (SC)22-17194
08/15/2022Notice/IncomingFiled Notice from U.S. Supreme Court in regards to extension given within which to file a petition for a writ of certiorari. Extended to October 15, 2022. (SC)22-25473
09/19/2022Order/ProceduralFiled Order Extending Stay of Remittitur. The stay of issuance of the remittitur is hereby extended until October 31, 2022. If the clerk of this court receives written notice by October 31, 2022, from the clerk of the United States Supreme Court that appellant has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, the stay shall continue in effect until final disposition of the certiorari proceedings. If such notice is not received by October 31, 2022, the remittitur shall issue. (SC)22-29310
10/31/2022MotionFiled appellant's Motion to Extend Stay of Remittitur Pending Final Disposition of Petition for Writ of Certiorari. (SC)22-33975
11/14/2022Order/ProceduralFiled Order Granting Motion to Stay issuance of Remittitur. Appellant has now filed a motion representing that he filed a petition on October 15, 2022, and asking to stay issuance of the remittitur pending final disposition of that petition. Appellant's motion is granted. Issuance of the remittitur is hereby stayed until final disposition of the certiorari proceedings. (SC)22-35741
01/13/2023Notice/IncomingFiled Notice from US Supreme Court/Certiorari Denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. (SC).23-01377
01/13/2023Case Status UpdateRemittitur Issued/Case Closed. (SC)
01/13/2023RemittiturIssued Remittitur. (SC)23-01380
01/27/2023RemittiturFiled Remittitur. Received by District Court County Clerk on January 19, 2022. (SC)23-01380