| Docket Entries |
| Date | Type | Description | Pending? | Document |
| 11/17/1999 | Filing Fee | Filing Fee Waived. | | |
| 11/17/1999 | Petition/Writ | Filed Petition for Writ of Prohibition. Complaint for Usurpation of Office under NRS 35.050 and Application for Writ of Prohibition. | | 99-11440
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| 01/20/2000 | Notice/Incoming | Filed Notice of Appearance. Representing respondents: P. Mark Ghan, Solicitor General, and Creighton C. Skau, Assistant Solicitor General. | | 00-00951
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| 01/27/2000 | Order/Procedural | Filed Order/Answer Writ Petition. Answer due from respondents: 20 days from the date of this order. Petitioners have leave to file a reply within 15 days after the answer is served. | | 00-01332
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| 02/04/2000 | Motion | Filed Motion to Extend Time. Stipulated Motion to Extend Time to File Answer. | | 00-01829
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| 02/15/2000 | Order/Procedural | Filed Order Extending Time. On February 4, 2000, respondents filed a stipulated motion for extension of time to file the answer. We grant the motion. Respondents shall have until and including March 24, 2000, to file their answer. | | 00-02344
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| 02/15/2000 | Motion | Filed Motion. Motion of Shirley Parraguirre for Leave to Appear as Amicus Curiae. | | 00-02410
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| 03/10/2000 | Motion | Filed Motion. Motion for Leave to File a Brief of an Amicus Curiae (Nevada Association of County Clerks and County Election Officials) | | 00-03797
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| 03/20/2000 | Notice/Incoming | Filed Notice. Respondent's Notice of Non-Opposition. (re: amicus brief) | | 00-04449
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| 03/21/2000 | Order/Procedural | Filed Order Granting Motion. The clerk of this court shall forthwith file the amicus brief received from the Association on March 10, 2000. Parraguirre shall have 20 days from the date of this order to file and serve her amicus brief. For each amicus brief, defendants/respondents shall have 15 days from the date the brief is served in which to file and serve any answer. fn1[In the event that the Association has already served its brief upon defendant/respondents, they shall have 15 days from the date of this order to file and serve any answer to the brief. | | 00-04497
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| 03/21/2000 | Brief | Filed Amicus Brief. Brief of an Amicus Curiae (Nevada Association of County Clerks and County Election Officials). | | 00-03798
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| 03/24/2000 | Motion | Filed Motion and Order/Excess Pages. Granted: 37 pages (Respondents' Answer to Application). | | 00-04792
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| 03/24/2000 | Petition/Writ | Filed Answer to Petition for Writ. Respondents' Answer to Application and Complaint and Motion to Dismiss. | | 00-04796
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| 03/24/2000 | Petition/Writ | Filed Exhibits to Petition for Writ. Respondents' Appendix to Answer to Application and Complaint. | | 00-04797
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| 03/31/2000 | Motion | Filed Response to Motion. | | 00-05264
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| 04/04/2000 | Motion | Filed Stipulation. Stipulation for Order Extending Time to File Petitioner's Reply to Respondent's Answer to Petition and Complaint. | | 00-05441
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| 04/05/2000 | Brief | Filed Answering Brief. Respondent' Answer to Amicus Curiae Brief of Nevada Association of County Clerks and County Election Officials. | | 00-05530
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| 04/11/2000 | Brief | Filed Amicus Brief. Brief of Amicus Curiae Shirley B. Parraguire (Clark County Clerk). | | 00-05786
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| 04/13/2000 | Order/Clerk's | Filed Clerk's Order Approving Stipulation. Petitioner shall have to and including April 24, 2000, to file and serve her reply to respondents' answer to the petition filed in this matter. | | 00-05912
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| 04/13/2000 | Notice/Incoming | Filed Proof of Service. Affidavit of Service (of Respondents' Answer to Application and Complaint and Motion to Dismiss). | | 00-05970
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| 04/21/2000 | Petition/Writ | Filed Reply to Answer to Petition. Plaintiff's Reply to Respondent's Answer. | | 00-06462
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| 04/26/2000 | Brief | Filed Amicus Brief. Defendants/Respondents Brief in Response to Amicus Curiae Brief of Shirley B. Parraguirre. | | 00-06823
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| 07/26/2000 | Order/Procedural | Filed Order Resolving Motion or Stipulation. On March 24, 2000, defendants/respondents filed an answer to plaintiff/petitioner's application, which incorporates a motion to dismiss the complaint under NRCP 12(b)(5) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. fn1[Although defendants/respondents' motion seeks to dismiss the entire complaint/petition, we note that a motion to dismiss is inappropriate as to plaintiff/petitioner's alternative petition for a writ of prohibition, which does not fall under the purview of NRCP 12(b)(5).] We deny the motion. Defendant/respondents' arguments shall be considered when the merits of this proceeding are decided. | | 00-12918
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| 12/20/2000 | Notice/Outgoing | Issued Notice Scheduling Oral Argument. Oral Argument is scheduled for 30 minutes in Carson City on February 7, 2001 at 11:30 a.m. (En Banc) | | |
| 01/17/2001 | Notice/Incoming | Filed Substitution of Attorneys. First Assistant Attorney General Thomas M. Patton has assumed responsibility for representing the Respondents. | | 01-01067
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| 01/24/2001 | Notice/Outgoing | Issued Oral Argument Reminder Notice. | | |
| 02/07/2001 | Case Status Update | Submitted for Decision. EN BANC-WM/CY/MS/DA/RR/ML/NB | | |
| 10/10/2001 | Opinion/Dispositional | Filed Authored Opinion. "Complaint dismissed." fn1[The Nevada Association of County Clerks and County Election Officials and Shirley Parraguirre, Clark County Clerk, filed amicus curiae briefs in this action.] Before the Court En Banc. By the Court, Becker, J. We concur: Shearing, Agosti and Rose, JJ. Maupin, C.J., concurring. Leavitt, J., with whom Young, J., agrees, dissenting. 117 Nev. Adv. Opn. No. 64. EN BANC | | 01-17022
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| 11/06/2001 | Remittitur | Issued Notice in Lieu of Remittitur. | | 01-17303
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| 11/06/2001 | Case Status Update | Remittitur Issued/Case Closed. | | |