Cox v. State

                MICHAEL STEVE COX,                                    No. 60637
                Appellant,
                vs.
                DR. ROBERT BANNISTER;
                CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO;
                GREG COX; TERRI JACOBS; LINDA
                MAESTES; AL PERALTA; REX
                REED; GREG SMITH; AND CRYSTAL
                WILLIS,
                Resnondents.
                MICHAEL STEVE COX,                                    No. 61322%/
                Appellant,
                vs.
                THE STATE OF NEVADA,
                Resnondent.

                                        ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE
                            These are four proper person appeals from various district
                court orders. The appeals are not consolidated.
                            In Docket No. 60056, appellant challenges a district court
                order dismissing his civil rights complaint without prejudice on its own
                motion under NRCP 16.1(e)(2) based, among other things, on appellant's
                failure to file a case conference report as required by NRCP 16.1(c).
                Having considered the appeal statement and record below, we conclude
                that the district court properly examined appellant's failure to comply
                with NRCP 16.1(c) by using the pertinent factors set forth in Arnold v.
                Kip, 123 Nev. 410, 415-16, 168 P.3d 1050, 1053-54 (2007), and that the
                district court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that the dismissal
                of appellant's complaint was warranted. Accordingly, we affirm the
                district court order dismissing the complaint without prejudice. NRCP
                16.1(e)(2); Arnold, 123 Nev. at 415-16, 168 P.3d at 1053-54.




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                             Docket No. 60151 is also an appeal from a district court order
                dismissing a civil rights complaint without prejudice based mainly on
                appellant's failure to comply with NRCP 16.1(c)'s case conference report
                requirement. Having considered the appeal statement and record on
                appeal, we conclude that the district court properly applied NRCP
                16.1(e)(2), and we therefore affirm the order of dismissal.    See Arnold, 123
                Nev. at 415-16, 168 P.3d 1053-54.
                             In Docket No. 60637, appellant challenges the district court's
                order dismissing his complaint on a variety of grounds. To the extent that
                the district court dismissed appellant's complaint with prejudice for
                failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, having reviewed
                the appeal statement and record on appeal, we discern no error in this
                determination. See Buzz Stew, LLC v. City of N. Las Vegas,       124 Nev. 224,
                228, 181 P.3d 670, 672 (2008). With regard to appellant's remaining
                claims, the district court dismissed them without prejudice primarily for
                failing to comply with NRCP 16.1(c)'s case conference report requirement.
                Having reviewed the documents before us, we discern no abuse of
                discretion in the dismissal of these remaining claims on this basis. NRCP
                16.1(e)(2); Arnold, 123 Nev. at 415-16, 168 P.3d 1053-54. Accordingly, we
                affirm the district court's order.
                             In Docket No. 61322, appellant challenges a district court's
                order granting summary judgment on his civil rights claims. As noted in
                the district court order granting summary judgment, appellant's one-page
                opposition to the motion for summary judgment failed to substantively
                respond to respondents' motion for summary judgment.          See NRCP 56(e);
                Wood v. Safeway, Inc.,     121 Nev. 724, 730-31, 121 P.3d 1026, 1030-31



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                (2005) (holding that the nonmoving party must set forth specific facts
                demonstrating genuine factual issues to avoid summary judgment). In
                light of this failure, we necessarily affirm the district court's decision to
                grant summary judgment.
                                 It is so ORDERED. 2




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                Parraguirre


                cc:      Seventh Judicial District Court Dept. 2
                         Hon. Jessie Elizabeth Walsh, District Judge
                         Michael Steve Cox
                         Attorney General/Carson City
                         White Pine County Clerk
                         Eighth Judicial District Court




                      'We have considered appellant's other arguments in these appeals
                and conclude they lack merit and do not warrant reversal.

                         2 The
                            clerk of this court shall file appellant's request for submission,
                which was provisionally received on December 20, 2012, in Docket No.
                60151. In light of this disposition, we deny as moot all outstanding
                requests for relief.




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