IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

PAMELA EARLS-TORRENCE, No. 72035 Appellant, vs. UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA, FILED Respondent JAN 1 9 2017

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL This is a pro se appeal from an order dismissing a complaint for medical negligence. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Nancy L. Allf, Judge.

Our review of the documents submitted to this court pursuant to NRAP 3(g) reveals a jurisdictional defect. Specifically, the notice of appeal appears to be untimely filed under NRAP 4(a) because it appears that it was prematurely filed, before the entry of a final written judgment, and is therefore of no effect. See NRAP 4(a)(1); Rust u. Clark Cty. School District, 103 Nev. 686, 747 P.2d 1380 (1987). Accordingly we conclude that we lack jurisdiction over this appeal, and we ORDER this appeal DISMISSED.

eF Douglas B7 .4 , J.

Gibbon( Pickering SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA

(0) 1947A cc: Hon. Nancy L. Allf, District Judge Pamela Earls-Torrence Morris, Sullivan, Lemkul & Pitegoff/Las Vegas Eighth District Court Clerk

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