dismissing appellant's case for failure to timely effect service of process.'
See NRCP 4(i) (requiring generally the dismissal of a complaint with
respect to any defendant who is not served with the summons and
complaint within 120 days after the complaint is filed).
This appeal followed. On appeal, appellant contends that his
case was dismissed because the presiding judge was biased in favor of
respondents. The record demonstrates, however, that the dismissal order
was based on appellant's failure to properly effect service of process during
the nearly three years that his complaint was pending. See id.
Accordingly, we
ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED. 2
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Parraguirre
J.
"The district court's dismissal order adopted the findings and
recommendation of a discovery commissioner, who recommended
dismissing the case pursuant to a district court rule that permits
dismissal if service of process is not effected within 180 days of when a
complaint is filed. See EDCR 1.90(d)(1).
2 To the extent that appellant attempts on appeal to present claims
or facts that were not presented in the proceedings below, we decline to
consider them in the first instance. We likewise deny appellant's
December 6, 2011, motion to introduce newly discovered information. See
Carson Ready Mix v. First Nat'l Bk., 97 Nev. 474, 476, 635 P.2d 276, 277
(1981) ("We cannot consider matters not properly appearing in the record
on appeal."); NRAP 10(a) and (b) (indicating that the record on appeal
consists of papers and exhibits filed in the district court).
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cc: Hon. Jessie Elizabeth Walsh, District Judge
Steven Crain
Nitz Walton & Heaton, Ltd.
Eighth District Court Clerk
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