Case Information: 87205
Short Caption:	PEPPER VS. C.R. ENGLAND	Court:	Supreme Court
		Related Case(s):	84009
Lower Court Case(s):	Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - A840347	Classification:	Civil Appeal - General - Other
Disqualifications:		Case Status:	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed
Replacement:		Panel Assigned:	Panel
To SP/Judge:		SP Status:	Exempt
Oral Argument:		Oral Argument Location:
Submission Date:	08/30/2024	How Submitted:	On Briefs

+ Party Information
Role	Party Name	Represented By
Appellant	Chantel Pepper	George Cowden, IV (The Cowden Law Firm, PLLC) Matthew L. Sharp (Matthew L. Sharp, Ltd.)
Appellant	Estate of Eric Pepper	George Cowden, IV (The Cowden Law Firm, PLLC) Matthew L. Sharp (Matthew L. Sharp, Ltd.)
Appellant	Travis Akkerman	George Cowden, IV (The Cowden Law Firm, PLLC) Matthew L. Sharp (Matthew L. Sharp, Ltd.)
Respondent	C. R. England	Michael P. Lowry (Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP/Las Vegas)
Respondent	Tesfaye Alamin	Michael P. Lowry (Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP/Las Vegas)

Docket Entries
Date	Type	Description	Pending?	Document
08/30/2023	Filing Fee	Filing Fee due for Appeal. (SC)
08/30/2023	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Notice of Appeal. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day. (SC)		23-28423
08/30/2023	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice to Pay Supreme Court Filing Fee. No action will be taken on this matter until filing fee is paid. Due Date: 7 days. (SC)		23-28425
08/30/2023	Notice/Incoming	Filed Appellants' Notice of Appearance for George Cowden - Notice of Admission Pursuant to SCR 42. (SC)		23-28469
08/31/2023	Filing Fee	Filing Fee Paid. $250.00 from Matthew L. Sharp. Check no. 3947. (SC)
08/31/2023	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. Docketing Statement mailed to counsel for appellants - due: 21 days. (SC)		23-28628
09/01/2023	Settlement Notice	Issued Notice: Exemption from Settlement Program. It has been determined that this appeal will not be assigned to the settlement program. Appellants: 14 days transcript request form; 120 days opening brief. (SC)		23-28690
09/08/2023	Transcript Request	Filed Appellants' Certificate of No Transcript Request. (SC)		23-29503
10/24/2023	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Directing the Filing of Docketing Statement. On August 31, 2023, this court issued a notice directing appellants to file and serve the docketing statement within 21 days. To date, appellants have failed to comply. Accordingly, appellants shall have 7 days from the date of this order to file and serve the docketing statement. (SC)		23-34742
10/24/2023	Docketing Statement	Filed Appellant's Docketing Statement. (SC)		23-34759
12/20/2023	Motion	Filed Stipulation for Extension of Time to File the Opening Brief and Appendix. (SC)		23-41289
12/21/2023	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice Motion/Stipulation Approved. (SC)		23-41424
01/31/2024	Brief	Filed Appellants' Opening Brief. (SC)		24-03805
01/31/2024	Appendix	Filed Appellants' Joint Appendix to the Opening Brief - Vol. 1. (SC)		24-03806
01/31/2024	Appendix	Filed Appellants' Joint Appendix to the Opening Brief - Vol. 2. (SC)		24-03807
01/31/2024	Appendix	Filed Appellants' Joint Appendix to the Opening Brief - Vol. 3. (SC)		24-03808
03/01/2024	Brief	Filed Respondents' Answering Brief. (SC)		24-07625
03/01/2024	Motion	Filed Respondents' Motion to Strike. (SC)		24-07630
03/15/2024	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Denying Motion. Respondents have moved to strike pages 31-43 of appellants' opening brief because respondents argue that the brief exceeded the page limit by 13 pages and appellants never sought or received leave from this court to exceed the page limit. Respondents' motion is denied. NRAP 32(a)(7)(A)(ii) states, "[a]n opening . . . brief is acceptable if it contains no more than 14,000 words . . . ." Further, NRAP 32(a)(7)(A)(i) states, "[u]nless [a brief] complies with Rule 32(a)(7)(A)(ii), or permission of the court is obtained . . . a brief shall not exceed 30 pages . . . ." (emphasis added). Here, appellants' opening brief contains 9,261 words. Accordingly, appellants' opening brief complies with NRAP 32(a)(7)(A)(ii) and no leave of court was required to file it. (SC)		24-09271
03/15/2024	Motion	Filed Appellants' Opposition to Motion to Strike (REJECTED PER NOTICE FILED ON 3/15/2024). (SC)
03/15/2024	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice of Rejection of Filed Document. (SC)		24-09374
04/17/2024	Case Status Update	Briefing Completed/To Screening. (SC)
08/30/2024	Order/Procedural	Filed Order/Submit on Briefs. Cause appearing, oral argument will not be scheduled and this appeal shall stand submitted for decision before a panel of this court as of the date of this order on the briefs filed herein. (SC)		24-31384
11/22/2024	Order/Dispositional	Filed Order of Affirmance. "ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED." A24-DH/PL/LB (SC)		24-44628
12/13/2024	Remittitur	Issued Remittitur.(SC)		24-47803
12/13/2024	Case Status Update	Remittitur Issued/Case Closed.(SC)
12/23/2024	Remittitur	Filed Remittitur. Received by District Court Clerk 12/16/2024. (SC)		24-47803