Case Information: 83773
Short Caption:	COTA (MICHAEL) VS. WARDEN C/W 83841	Court:	Supreme Court
Consolidated:	83773*, 83841	Related Case(s):	77415, 83521, 83773-COA, 83774, 83774-COA, 83775, 83954, 83955, 83956, 83956-COA, 83957
Lower Court Case(s):	Douglas Co. - Ninth Judicial District - 18-CR-00084	Classification:	Criminal Appeal - Other - Post-Conviction/Proper Person
Disqualifications:		Case Status:	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:		Panel Assigned:	Panel
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Submission Date:		How Submitted:

+ Party Information
Role	Party Name	Represented By
Appellant	Michael Luis Cota	In Proper Person
Respondent	William A. Gittere	Aaron D. Ford (Attorney General/Carson City) Mark B. Jackson (Douglas County District Attorney/Minden)

Docket Entries
Date	Type	Description	Pending?	Document
11/15/2021	Filing Fee	Appeal Filing Fee Waived. Criminal. (SC)
11/15/2021	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Notice of Appeal/Proper Person. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day. (18-CR-00084) (SC)		21-32644
11/15/2021	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Notice of Appeal/Proper Person. (18-CR-00116) (DOCKETED AS SEPERATE APPEAL NO. 83841 PER 11/29/21 ORDER) (SC)		21-32659
11/29/2021	Order/Procedural	Filed Order. The clerk of this court erroneously docketed the notice of appeal as a second notice of appeal in the instant case. Accordingly, the clerk of this court shall remove the notice of appeal erroneously docketed in this case on November 15, 2021, from the docket of this case, and docket it as a separate appeal. (SC)		21-33970
11/29/2021	Motion	Filed Proper Person Motion to Appoint Counsel. (SC)		21-33982
12/13/2021	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Directing Transmission of Record, Regarding Briefing, and Denying Motion. Record on Appeal due: 30 days. Within 120 days, appellant may file either (1) a brief that complies with the requirements in NRAP 28(a) and NRAP 32; or (2) the "Informal Brief Form for Pro Se Parties" provided by the supreme court clerk. NRAP 31(a)(1). If no brief is submitted, the appeal may be decided on the record on appeal. Appellant has filed a pro se motion for an appointment of counsel. The motion is denied at this time. (SC)		21-35358
12/17/2021	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed Record on Appeal, Vol. 1. (CR-00084) (SC)		21-36077
12/17/2021	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed Record on Appeal, Vol. 2. (CR-00084) (SC)		21-36080
12/17/2021	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed Record on Appeal, Vol. 3. (CR-00084) (SC)		21-36079
12/17/2021	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed Record on Appeal, Vol. 4. (CR-00084) (SC)		21-36081
12/17/2021	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed Record on Appeal, Vol. 5. (CR-00084) (SC)		21-36093
12/30/2021	Letter/Incoming	Filed Proper Person Appellant's Letter Regarding the Docketing of Case Nos. 83773, 83774, 83775, and 83841. Nos. 83773/83774/83775/83841. (SC)		21-37244
01/03/2022	Letter/Incoming	Filed Proper Person Appellant's Letter Regarding the Docketing of Case Nos. 83773, 83774, 83775, 83950, 83951, 83952, 83953, 83954, 83955, 83956 and 83957. Nos.83773/83774/83775/83950/83951/83952/83953/83954/83955/83956/83957. (SC)		22-00124
01/31/2022	Order/Procedural	Filed Order. Appellant has filed a letter seeking information regarding his appeals. The appeals in 83773 and 83841 are from appellant's challenge of the October 19, 2021, order denying his postconviction habeas petition in district court cases 2018-CR-00084B and 2018-CR-00116B. These appeals shall be consolidated for all appellate purposes. The appeal in 83774 is from appellant's challenge of the district court's October 15, 2021, order denying his postconviction petition requesting genetic marker analysis in 2018-CR-00084B. And the appeals in 83952 and 83956 are from appellant's challenge of the district court's November 10, 2021, order denying his motion to vacate sentence in 2018-CR-00084B and 2018-CR-00116B. These appeals shall be consolidated for all appellate purposes. Appellant's opening brief or informal brief in 83773 and 83841 is due to be filed on or before April 12, 2022, and the opening brief or informal brief in 83952 and 83956 is due to be filed on or before May 10, 2022. Nos 83773,83774,83841,83952,83956. (SC)		22-03138
02/16/2022	Order/Procedural	Filed Order. The clerk of this court shall transfer the informal brief filed in Docket No. 83774 on December 21, 2021, and file it in Docket Nos. 83773/83841. Docket No. 83774: Appellant' s Opening Brief or Informal Brief due: March 24, 2022. Nos. 83773/83841/83774. (SC)		22-05183
02/16/2022	Brief	Filed Proper Person Appellant's Informal Brief. (TRANSFERRED FROM DOCKET NO. 83774 PER ORDER FILED 2/16/22). Nos. 83773/83841. (SC)		22-05185
02/24/2022	Notice/Incoming	Filed Proper Person Notice. Compliance with Court Order of 2/16/22. Nos. 83773/83841 (SC) (TRANSFERRED TO THE COURT OF APPEALS PER 03/04/22 NOTICE).		22-06112
03/04/2022	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice of Transfer Case to Court of Appeals. Nos. 83773/83841. (SC).		22-07071
03/04/2022	Case Status Update	Transferred to Court of Appeals. Nos. 83773/83841. (SC).
04/11/2022	Order/Dispositional	Filed Order of Affirmance. "ORDER the judgments of the district court AFFIRMED." fn1[The Honorable Michael Gibbons did not participate in the decision in this matter. We have reviewed all documents Cota has filed in this matter, and we conclude no relief based upon those submissions is warranted.] Court of Appeals-JT/BB Nos. 83773/83841. (SC)
05/06/2022	Case Status Update	Transferred from Court of Appeals. Nos. 83773/83841. (SC)
05/06/2022	Remittitur	Issued Remittitur. Nos. 83773/83841. (SC)		22-14497
05/06/2022	Case Status Update	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed. Nos. 83773/83841. (SC)
05/20/2022	Remittitur	Filed Remittitur. Received by County Clerk on May 9, 2022. Nos. 83773/83841. (SC)		22-14497