Case Information: 86027
Short Caption:	WENGER (JOAN) VS. STATE	Court:	Supreme Court
		Related Case(s):	84003, 84003-COA, 86027-COA
Lower Court Case(s):	Douglas Co. - Ninth Judicial District - 2021-CR-00114	Classification:	Criminal Appeal - Life - Post-Conviction/Proper Person
Disqualifications:		Case Status:	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:		Panel Assigned:	Panel
To SP/Judge:		SP Status:
Oral Argument:		Oral Argument Location:
Submission Date:	07/17/2023	How Submitted:	On Record And Briefs

+ Party Information
Role	Party Name	Represented By
Appellant	Joan Kathryn Wenger	In Proper Person
Respondent	The State of Nevada	Aaron D. Ford (Attorney General/Carson City) Mark B. Jackson (Douglas County District Attorney/Minden) Erik A. Levin (Douglas County District Attorney/Minden)

Docket Entries
Date	Type	Description	Pending?	Document
01/27/2023	Filing Fee	Appeal Filing Fee Waived. Criminal. (SC)
01/27/2023	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Notice of Appeal/Proper Person. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day. (SC)		23-02639
01/27/2023	Notice/Incoming	Filed Notice of Appearance (Erik A. Levin as counsel for the Respondent. (SC).		23-02670
02/03/2023	Order/Procedural	Filed Order/Transmit Record and Filing of Brief. Order Directing Transmission of Record. 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. (SC)		23-03366
02/13/2023	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed Record on Appeal 2021-CR-00114 Vol. 1 Wenger vs. State. (SC)		23-04402
02/13/2023	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed Record on Appeal 2021-CR-00114 Vol. 2 Wenger vs. State. (SC)		23-04403
02/13/2023	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed Record on Appeal 2021-CR-00114 Vol. 3 Wenger vs. State. (SC)		23-04404
02/14/2023	Record on Appeal Documents	Filed Record on Appeal. (SEALED Documents). (SC)
02/17/2023	Motion	Filed Proper Person Motion to request Pro-Bono Counsel and Notice of Address change. (SC)		23-05005
02/17/2023	Notice/Incoming	Filed Proper Person's Notice of Application to Proceed Informa Pauperis. (SC)		23-05006
03/03/2023	Order/Procedural	Filed Order. Appellant has filed a motion for the appointment of appellate counsel. The motion is denied at this time. Appellant has also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. The filing fee in this matter was waived upon docketing. Accordingly, the application is unnecessary and this court takes no action on it. (SC)		23-06471
06/05/2023	Brief	Filed Appellant's Informal Brief. (SC)		23-17632
06/05/2023	Letter/Incoming	Filed Appellant's Proper Person Letter Informing All Parties that Informal Brief is to be mailed 5/31/23. (SC)		23-17649
06/06/2023	Motion	Filed Appellant's Proper Person Motion Request for Submission of Motion. (SC)		23-17758
06/07/2023	Order/Procedural	Filed Order. Appellant has filed a pro se request for submission of a motion to dismiss a district court case and for a new hearing. As no such motion was filed in this court, this court takes no action on the request. (SC)		23-17949
06/20/2023	Motion	Filed Appellant's Request for Submission of Motion. (SC)		23-19498
06/20/2023	Motion	Filed Appellant's Motion for Dismissal and for New Hearing. (SC)		23-19499
06/23/2023	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Denying Motion. Appellant has filed a pro se motion to dismiss and for a new hearing, as well as a request to submit the motion. Requests for submission are unnecessary in this court. Accordingly, this court takes no action on the request. Appellant moves to dismiss the underlying district court case based on her informal brief. Arguments relating to the merits of an appeal are not properly addressed in the context of a motion to dismiss. Therefore, the motion to dismiss is denied. (SC)		23-19932
07/17/2023	Case Status Update	Briefing Completed/Submitted For Decision. (SC)
07/18/2023	Motion	Filed Appellant's Proper Person Motion to Dismiss District Court Case and For New Hearing. (SC)		23-22926
07/28/2023	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Denying Motion. Appellant has filed a pro se motion for reconsideration of this court's June 23, 2023, order and/or for the dismissal of the underlying district court case and for a new hearing. The motion is denied. (SC)		23-24299
08/29/2023	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice of Transfer Case to Court of Appeals. (SC).		23-28137
08/29/2023	Case Status Update	Transferred to Court of Appeals. (SC).
10/26/2023	Order/Dispositional	Filed Order of Affirmance. "ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED." fn3[We have reviewed all documents Wenger has filed in this matter, and we conclude no relief based upon those submissions is warranted. Further, we conclude that Wenger is not entitled to counsel on appeal.] COA-MG/BB/DW (SC)
11/20/2023	Case Status Update	Transferred from Court of Appeals
11/20/2023	Remittitur	Issued Remittitur. (SC)		23-37643
11/20/2023	Case Status Update	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed (SC)
11/28/2023	Remittitur	Filed Remittitur. Received by District Court Clerk on 11/21/23. (SC)		23-37643