Case Information: 90900
Short Caption:	CITY OF MESQUITE VS. CHESLEY (CIVIL)	Court:	Supreme Court
		Related Case(s):	90687, 90687-COA, 90919, 91933
Lower Court Case(s):	Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - A917767	Classification:	Civil Appeal - General - Other
Disqualifications:		Case Status:	Disposition Filed/Case Closed
Replacement:		Panel Assigned:	Panel
To SP/Judge:	07/07/2025 / Young, Jay	SP Status:	Completed
Oral Argument:		Oral Argument Location:
Submission Date:		How Submitted:

+ Party Information
Role	Party Name	Represented By
Appellant	City of Mesquite	Joel D. Henriod (Henriod Stern) Ariel E. Stern (Henriod Stern) Sheri M. Thome (Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP/Las Vegas) Jason R. Wigg (Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP/Las Vegas)
Appellant	Michael R. Branum	Rusty Graf (Black & Wadhams) Allison R. Schmidt (Black & Wadhams) Sheri M. Thome (Former) (Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP/Las Vegas) Jason R. Wigg (Former) (Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP/Las Vegas)
Respondent	Joseph Maquade Chesley	Ronald Dreher (Dreher Law) Philip J. Trenchak (Former) (Mullins & Trenchak, Attorneys at Law)

Docket Entries
Date	Type	Description	Pending?	Document
07/07/2025	Filing Fee	Appeal Filing Fee Waived. State/County/Municipality. (SC)
07/07/2025	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Notice of Appeal. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day. (SC)		25-29316
07/07/2025	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 due: 21 days. (SC)		25-29318
07/07/2025	Settlement Notice	Issued Notice: Assignment to Settlement Program. Issued Assignment Notice to NRAP 16 Settlement Program. Settlement Judge: Jay Young. (SC)		25-29436
07/29/2025	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice to File Docketing Statement. Due date: 7 days. (SC)		25-33017
08/05/2025	Docketing Statement	Filed Appellant's Docketing Statement Civil. (SC)		25-34202
08/05/2025	Docketing Statement	Filed Appellant's Docketing Statement Exhibits (Part 1 of 3). (SC)		25-34212
08/05/2025	Docketing Statement	Filed Appellant's Docketing Statement Exhibits (Part 2 of 3). (SC)		25-34213
08/05/2025	Docketing Statement	Filed Appellant's Docketing Statement Exhibits (Part 3 of 3). (SC)		25-34214
08/05/2025	Transcript Request	Filed Appellant's Certificate of No Transcript Request. (SC)		25-34216
09/19/2025	Settlement Program Report	Filed ECAR/Appropriate for Settlement Program. This case is appropriate for mediation and a settlement conference is scheduled for October 9, 2025, at 9:00 AM. (SC)		25-40947
10/06/2025	Motion	Filed Respondent's Motion to Dismiss Appeal (STRICKEN PER ORDER FILED ON 10/7/25) (SC)
10/07/2025	Motion	Filed Respondent's Errata to Respondent's Motion to Dismiss Appeal (STRICKEN PER ORDER FILED ON 10/7/25) (SC)
10/07/2025	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Striking Deficient Document. Order Striking Deficient Motion to Dismiss and the Errata to Motion to Dismiss. Corrected Motion due: 7 days from the date of this order. (SC)		25-43842
10/09/2025	Motion	Filed "Respondent's Second Errata To Respondent's Motion to Dismiss Appeal" (SC)		25-44312
10/13/2025	Settlement Program Report	Filed Final Report/No Settlement. The parties were unable to agree to a settlement of this matter. (SC)		25-44563
10/14/2025	Settlement Order/Procedural	Filed Order: No Settlement/Briefing Reinstated. The parties were unable to agree to a settlement. Appellant(s): 90 days opening brief and appendix. (SC)		25-44901
10/15/2025	Order/Clerk's	Filed Order Granting Extension Per Telephonic Request. Appellants' response to respondent's second errata to respondent's motion to dismiss appeal due: October 30. 2025. (SC)		25-44980
10/30/2025	Motion	Filed Appellant's (City of Mesquite) Opposition to Respondent's Motion to Dismiss Appeal. (STRICKEN PER 11/3/25 ORDER). (SC)
10/30/2025	Notice/Incoming	Filed Appellant's (Michael R. Branum) Notice of Appearance of Counsel for Allison Schmidt and Rusty Graf. (SC)		25-47530
10/30/2025	Motion	Filed Appellant's (Michael R. Branum) Joinder to Opposition and Additional Points and Authorities in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss. (STRICKEN PER 11/3/25 ORDER). (SC)
11/03/2025	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Striking Deficient Document. Order Striking Deficient City of Mesquite's Opposition to Respondent's Motion to Dismiss Appeal. Corrected response due: 7 days. (SC)		25-47608
11/03/2025	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Striking Deficient Document. Order Striking Deficient Michael R. Branum's Joinder to Opposition and Additional Points and Authorities in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss.. Corrected joinder due: 7 days. (SC)		25-47609
11/03/2025	Motion	Filed Appellant's (City of Mesquite) Opposition to Respondent's Motion to Dismiss Appeal. (SC)		25-47632
11/07/2025	Order/Clerk's	Filed Order Granting Extension Per Telephonic Request. Appellants reply to opposition filed on November 3, 2025, due: November 24, 2025. (SC)		25-48605
11/10/2025	Motion	Filed Appellant's Michael Branum's Joinder to City of Mesquite's Opposition to Respondent's Motion to Dismiss Appeal and Additional Points and Authorities in Opposition to Motion to Dismiss. (SC)		25-49083
11/24/2025	Motion	Filed Respondent's Reply Brief on Mediation (opposition to motion to dismiss filed on 11/3/25) (SC)		25-51530
01/07/2026	Notice/Incoming	Filed Substitution of Attorneys Rusty Graf stead of Sheri M. Thome as counsel for Appellant (Michael R. Branum). (STRICKEN PER ORDER FILED ON 1/8/26) (SC)
01/08/2026	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Striking Deficient Document. Order Striking Deficient Substitution of Attorneys. Corrected Document due: 7 days from the date of this order. (SC)		26-00975
01/09/2026	Notice/Incoming	Filed Notice of Appearance Joel D. Henriod and Ariel E. Stern as counsel for Appellant (City of Mesquite). (Counsel Updated.) (SC)		26-01212
01/09/2026	Motion	Filed Appellant's Streamlined Request for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief (SC)		26-01215
01/13/2026	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Approve Streamlined Extension. Streamlined extension approved. Opening Brief due: 02-11-2026 (SC)		26-01806
01/13/2026	Notice/Incoming	Filed Substitution of Attorneys Rusty Graf stead of Sheri M. Thome and Jason R. Wigg as counsel for Appellant (Michael R. Branum). (SC)		26-01820
01/28/2026	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Denying Motion to Dismiss and Denying Countermotion for Sanctions. Before this court is respondent's motion to dismiss this appeal. Appellant City of Mesquite opposes the motion. Appellant Michael Branum joins the city's opposition. The motion to dismiss is denied. Appellant Branum's countermotion for sanctions against respondent is also denied. fn1 [Appellant Michael R. Branum's substitution of counsel is approved. The clerk of this court shall add attorney Rusty Graf of the law firm Black & Wadhams as counsel for Mr. Branum, if not already listed, and remove attorneys Sheri M. Thome and Jason R. Wigg of the law firm Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP.] (SC)		26-04193
01/30/2026	Motion	Filed Appellant City of Mesquite Motion for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief and Appendix(SC)		26-04688
02/06/2026	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellant's opening brief and appendix due: March 13, 2026. (SC)		26-06131
03/13/2026	Motion	Filed Appellant's (City of Mesquite) Motion for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief and Appendix. (SC)		26-11842
04/03/2026	Notice/Incoming	Filed Respondent's (Joseph Maquade Chelsley) Notice of Appearance for Ronald Dreher. (counsel added). (SC)		26-15202
04/03/2026	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion. Appellants shall have until April 17, 2026, to file and serve the opening brief and appendix. (SC)		26-15222
04/11/2026	Notice/Incoming	Filed Respondent's Substitution of Attorneys for Dreher Law in Place of Mullins & Trenchak. (SC)		26-16644
04/17/2026	Motion	Filed City of Mesquite Motion for Extension of Time to File Opening Brief and Appendix (SC)		26-17800
04/17/2026	Notice/Incoming	Filed Appellant's Michael R. Branum Notice of Settlement (SC)		26-17913
04/17/2026	Notice/Incoming	Filed Joinder to Motion to Extend Filed by Co-Appellant The City of Mesquite Based on Settlement of This Matter (SC)		26-17914
05/04/2026	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Granting Motion to Extend Time and Regarding Substitution of Counsel. Appellant City of Mesquite's motion requesting a fourth extension of time to file the opening brief is granted. City of Mesquite and Michael Branum shall have until May 18, 2026, to file and serve the opening brief and appendix or to file a motion or stipulation to dismiss this appeal. On April 3, 2026, attorney Ronald Dreher of Dreher Law filed a notice of appearance as counsel of record for respondent. Accordingly, the clerk of this court added him as counsel of record for respondent. Thereafter, on April 11, 2026, respondent filed a substitution of counsel purporting to substitute Mr. Dreher for attorney Philip Trenchak. Because Mr. Dreher has already been added as counsel of record for respondent, the substitution of counsel is approved to the following extent. The clerk of this court shall remove attorney Philip Trenchak of the law firm Mullins & Trenchak as counsel of record for respondent. (SC)		26-20226
05/21/2026	Motion	Filed Respondent's Stipulation for Dismiss With Prejudice (SC)		26-23274
05/27/2026	Order/Dispositional	Filed Order/Stipulated Dismissal. Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, and cause appearing, "this appeal is dismissed." The parties shall bear their own costs and attorney fees. Case Closed/No Remittitur Issued. (SC)		26-24067