Nevada Supreme Court, 2020

Petitti Vs. Wu

Petitti Vs. Wu
Nevada Supreme Court · Decided July 1, 2020

Petitti Vs. Wu

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

MARIE PETITTI; AND PAUL PAWLIK, No. 80827 INDIVIDUALS, Appellants, vs. FILED RULIAN WU, ALSO REFERRED TO AS, .11k 0 1 20 WU RULIAN; AND CITY OF LAS VEGAS, CLARK COUNTY, Respondents.

RULIAN WU, ALSO REFERRED TO AS, No. 81280 WU RULIAN, Appellant, vs. MARIE PETITTI; AND PAUL U.

PAWLIK, Res • ondents.

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL Docket No. 80827 is an appeal from a district court order entering judgment in an action relating to the foreclosure of real property.

Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Jacqueline M. Bluth, Judge.

This court previously entered an order directing appellants in Docket No. 80827 to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. lt appeared that the claims in the third-party complaint asserted against Golden River Investments, LLC, and the cross-claims against the City of Las Vegas remained pending in the district court.

Appellants have filed a response. In addition, respondent Rulian Wu has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal on the basis that the challenged order SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA

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The order challenged in Docket No. 80827 expressly withholds judgment on the cross-claim "until further notice." Thus, the order is not a final judgment appealable under NRAP 3A(b)(1) because it does not resolve all of the claims pending in the action. See Lee v. GNLV Corp., 116 Nev. 424, 426, 996 P.2d 416, 417 (2000) (defining a final judgment). To date, it appears that the cross-claim remains pending in the district court. And no other statute or court rule appears to authorize an appeal from the challenged order. See Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC, 129 Nev. 343, 345, 301 P.3d 850, 851 (2013) (this court "may only consider appeals authorized by statute or court rule"), Accordingly, this court lacks jurisdiction and dismisses the appeal in Docket No. 80827. Given this dismissal, The motion to dismiss is denied as moot. Further, the June 23, 2020, motions to consolidate these appeals are denied.

It is so ORDERED.

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Stiglich Silver

cc: Hon. Jacqueline M. Bluth, District Judge Charles K. Hauser, Settlement Judge Walsh, Baker & Rosevear, P.C.

Las Vegas City Attorney Brennan Legal Counsel Group, PLLC Eighth District Court Clerk SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA

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