existed for filing the underlying complaint, we conclude that petitioner has demonstrated that our intervention is warranted. See Smith v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 107 Nev. 674, 677, 679, 818 P.2d 849, 851, 853 (1991); Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004). Accordingly, we ORDER the petition GRANTED AND DIRECT THE CLERK OF THIS COURT TO ISSUE A WRIT OF MANDAMUS instructing the district court to vacate its September 11, 2012, order and its September 6, 2013, judgment to the extent that those orders imposed sanctions against petitioner.

A- 44-% , C.J.

Hardesty

Parraguirre

Saitta

Poday , J.

Gibbons Pickering

cc: Hon. David A. Hardy, District Judge Kenneth Dale Sisco Robison Belaustegui Sharp & Low Washoe District Court Clerk

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