Case Information: 90968
Short Caption:	DIST. JUDGE VS. FORD (CIVIL)	Court:	Supreme Court
Lower Court Case(s):	NONE	Classification:	Original Proceeding - Civil - Mandamus
Disqualifications:		Case Status:	Petition Filed
Replacement:		Panel Assigned:	Panel
To SP/Judge:		SP Status:
Oral Argument:		Oral Argument Location:
Submission Date:		How Submitted:

+ Party Information
Role	Party Name	Represented By
Petitioner	Kimberly A. Wanker	Kimberly A. Wanker
Real Party in Interest	Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline	Paul C. Deyhle (Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline) Richard Dreitzer (Fennemore Craig, P.C./Las Vegas) Therese M. Shanks (Fennemore Craig P.C./Reno)
Respondent	Aaron D. Ford	Leslie Nino Piro (Attorney General/Carson City) Jessica E. Whelan (Attorney General/Las Vegas)

+ Due Items
Due Date	Status	Due Item	Due From
08/19/2025	Overdue	Appendix/Notice Issued
09/16/2025	Open	Answer/Petition for Review	Respondent

Docket Entries
Date	Type	Description	Pending?	Document
07/16/2025	Filing Fee	Filing Fee Paid. $250.00 from Kimberly A. Wanker. Check no. 12427. (SC)
07/16/2025	Motion	Filed Petitioner's Motion to File Petition for Writ of Mandamus and Appendix to Petition for Writ of Mandamus under Seal. (SC)		25-30966
08/11/2025	Motion	Filed Petitioner's Motion To Seal Emergency Motion Filed Under NRAP27(e) and NRCP19(a)(1) to add the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline as a Necessary Party and to Stay Commission Response Pending Determination of Petitioner's Writ of Mandamus (Action is necessary by August 21, 2025)(SC)		25-35019
08/12/2025	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Denying Motion. Petitioner has filed a motion for leave to file the petition and accompanying appendix under seal. The motion is denied. The clerk shall return the petition and appendix received on July 16, 2025, unfiled. Petitioner shall have 7 days from the date of this order to file her petition and appendix on this court's public docket. Alternatively, within the same time period, petitioner may file a motion to file the petition subject to redaction and/or file portions of the appendix under seal or subject to redaction. fn1 [The motion filed on August 11, 2025, to seal an emergency motion to add necessary party and to stay commission response is denied for the same reasons. The clerk shall return the emergency motion, received on August 12, 2025, unfiled.] (SC)		25-35213
08/12/2025	Petition/Writ	Filed Petitioner's Petition for Writ of Mandamus . (SC)	Y	25-35264
08/12/2025	Appendix	Filed Appendix To Petition For Writ of Mandamus. (SC)		25-35265
08/12/2025	Notice/Outgoing	Issued Notice to File Index to Appendix. Due date: 7 days. (SC)		25-35278
08/12/2025	Motion	Filed Emergency Motion Under NRAP 27(e) and NRCP19(a)(1) to add the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline as a Necessary Party and to Stay Commission Response Pending Determination of Petitioner's Writ of Mandamus (Action is Necessary by August 21, 2025 (SC)		25-35302
08/12/2025	Appendix	Filed Petitioner's Index to Appellant's Appendix to Petition for Writ of Mandamus (SC)	Y	25-35340
08/19/2025	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Adding Party, Directing Answer, and Imposing Temporary Stay. Petitioner has also filed an emergency motion seeking to add the Commission as a necessary party and to stay the deadline for her response in the judicial discipline proceedings. Petitioner's motion to add the Commission as a party is granted. NRAP 21(a). The clerk of this court shall amend the caption of this docket to include the Commission as a real party in interest. Respondent Attorney General shall have 28 days from the date of this order within which to file and serve an answer, including authorities, against issuance of the requested writ. Petitioner shall have 14 days from service of the latest-filed answer/notice to file and serve any reply. We temporarily stay the due date of petitioner's response to the judicial discipline complaint, pending our receipt and consideration of any opposition to the stay motion and further order of this court. Any opposition to the stay motion is due by August 29, 2025. (SC)		25-36375
08/20/2025	Notice/Incoming	Filed (Appellant's) Proper Person (Kimberly Wanker) Certificate of Service of Pleadings on the Commission for Judicial Discipline (SC)		25-36549
08/20/2025	Notice/Incoming	Filed Respondent's (Aaron D. Ford) Notice of Appearance for Jessica E. Whelan. (Counsel Updated.) (SC)		25-36553
08/20/2025	Notice/Incoming	Filed Respondent's Certificate of Service (SC)		25-36590
08/28/2025	Notice/Incoming	Filed Real Party in Interest's Notice of Appearance for Therese M. Shanks and Richard Dreitzer. (Counsel Updated.) (SC)		25-37721
08/29/2025	Motion	Filed Real Party Interest The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline's Opposition to Petitioner's Motion for Stay (SC)	Y	25-37876