Case Information: 91933
Short Caption:	CITY OF MESQUITE VS. CHESLEY (CIVIL)	Court:	Supreme Court
		Related Case(s):	90900
Lower Court Case(s):	Clark Co. - Eighth Judicial District - A917767	Classification:	Civil Appeal - General - Other
Disqualifications:		Case Status:	Disposition Filed
Replacement:		Panel Assigned:	Panel
To SP/Judge:	01/14/2026 / 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 (Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP/Las Vegas) Jason R. Wigg (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)

+ Due Items
Due Date	Status	Due Item	Due From
06/18/2026	Overdue	Remittitur

Docket Entries
Date	Type	Description	Pending?	Document
01/12/2026	Filing Fee	Appeal Filing fee waived. State/County/Municipality. (SC)
01/12/2026	Notice of Appeal Documents	Filed Notice of Appeal. Appeal docketed in the Supreme Court this day.(SC)		26-01690
01/12/2026	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)		26-01694
01/14/2026	Settlement Notice	Issued Notice: Assignment to Settlement Program. Issued Assignment Notice to NRAP 16 Settlement Program. Settlement Judge: Jay Young. (SC)		26-02151
01/30/2026	Order/Clerk's	Filed Order Granting Extension Per Telephonic Request. Appellant City of Mesquite shall have until February 17, 2026, to file and serve the docketing statement. (SC)		26-04840
02/17/2026	Docketing Statement	Filed Appellant City of Mesquite Docketing Statement Civil Appeals (SC)		26-07679
03/02/2026	Settlement Program Report	Filed ECAR/Not Appropriate for Settlement Program. This case is not appropriate for mediation. (SC)		26-09676
03/04/2026	Settlement Order/Procedural	Filed Order Removing From Settlement Program/Briefing Reinstated. This appeal is removed from the settlement program. Appellant(s): 14 days transcript request; 120 days opening brief. (SC)		26-10169
03/19/2026	Order/Clerk's	Filed Order Granting Extension Per Telephonic Request. City of Mesquite's transcript request form due: April 1, 2026. (SC)		26-12716
03/30/2026	Order/Procedural	Filed Order to File Document. To date, appellant Michael R. Branum has not filed a transcript request form or certificate that no transcripts will be requested or communicated with this court. Branum shall have 7 days from the date of this order to file and serve the transcript request form or certificate that no transcript is to be requested. fn1[On March 19, 2026, appellant City of Mesquite received an extension of time until April 1, 2026, to file its transcript request form.] (SC)		26-14497
04/01/2026	Transcript Request	Filed Appellant's City of Mesquite Certificate of No Transcript Request (SC)		26-14967
04/03/2026	Notice/Incoming	Filed Respondent's Notice of Appearance (Ronald J. Dreher) (Counsel Added) (SC)		26-15203
04/11/2026	Notice/Incoming	Filed Respondent's Joseph Maquade Chesley Substitution of Attorneys (Ronald J. Dreher of Dreher Law) (STRICKEN PER 4/15/26 ORDER). (SC)
04/15/2026	Order/Procedural	Filed Order Striking Deficient Document. Order Striking Deficient Substitution of Attorneys . Ronald Dreher's Corrected Substitution of Attorneys due: 7 days. (SC)		26-17332
04/16/2026	Motion	Filed Respondent's Counsel's Motion to Withdraw. (SC)		26-17501
04/17/2026	Notice/Incoming	Filed Appellant's Notice of Settlement. (SC)		26-17912
04/21/2026	Notice/Incoming	Filed Notice of Substitution of Attorneys. Ronald J. Dreher of Dreher Law as Counsel for Respondent in Place of Philip Trenchak of Mullins & Trenchak. (SC)		26-18378
04/24/2026	Order/Procedural	Filed Order. Philip Trenchak has filed a motion to withdraw as counsel of record for respondent. The motion is granted. The clerk of this court shall remove Mr. Trenchak and Mullins & Trenchak, Attorneys at Law as counsel for respondent. Respondent shall continue to be represented by attorney Ronald Dreher of Dreher Law. fn1[This court takes no action in regard to the notice of substitution of attorneys filed on April 21, 2026. Mr. Dreher is already listed as counsel of record for respondent pursuant to his notice of appearance filed on April 3, 2026.] On March 30, 2026, this court issued an order directing appellant Michael R. Branum to file a transcript request form or certificate of no transcript request within 7 days. 18 days later, counsel for Mr. Branum filed a notice indicating that the parties have reached a settlement and that "documents to dismiss this appeal jointly" will be filed "within 45 days of the date of this notice." Accordingly, this court orders as follows. The parties shall have until June 1, 2026, to file a motion or stipulation to dismiss this appeal. If no such documents are filed, Mr. Branum shall file a transcript request form or certificate that no transcripts are requested within the same time period. (SC)		26-18881
05/21/2026	Motion	Filed Respondent's Stipulation for Dismissal with Prejudice (SC)		26-23273
05/28/2026	Order/Dispositional	Filed Order Dismissing Appeal. Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties and cause appearing, this appeal is dismissed. The parties shall bear their own costs and attorney fees. (SC)		26-24115