sooner than it was actually ordered to be returned and the purported
unconstitutionality of EDCR 7.42(b), which provides that "[a] corporation
may not appear in proper person." Generally, appellant asks this court to
"consider striking EDCR 7.42(b)," and order that he be paid damages for
losses he suffered related to this case.
Having considered appellant's arguments and the record
before this court, we conclude that we lack jurisdiction to consider these
arguments. To the extent that appellant argues that the district court
denied him relief based on EDCR 7.42(b), no written order in the district
court record denies appellant relief based on this rule.' Although
appellant asserts in his notice of appeal that his wife's October 7, 2008,
motion to request amendment of a record was denied on this basis, there is
no written order in the record resolving that motion. And, even assuming
that appellant would be able to appeal from such a written order, any oral
ruling by the district court in this regard is not appealable. See Div. of
Child & Family Servs. v. Eighth Judicial Din. Court, 120 Nev. 445, 454,
92 P.3d 1239, 1245 (2004) ("[D]ispositional court orders that are not
administrative in nature, but deal with the procedural posture or merits of
the underlying controversy, must be written, signed, and filed before they
become effective.").
Additionally, to the extent that appellant seeks damages
related to the district court's failure to order that certain property be
'We note that the district court is obligated to enter written orders
resolving matters pending before it so that this court may properly review
the district court's decisions on appeal. If any written orders have been
entered in the district court in regard to the matters discussed above, they
were not transmitted to this court in the record on appeal.
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returned to appellant earlier than it was actually ordered to be returned,
the district court addressed appellant's request for damages in its May 7,
2013, order on petition for compensatory damages. Notice of entry of that
order was served on appellant and filed in the district court on May 9,
2013. Thus, any notice of appeal from that order was due to be filed by
June 11, 2013. See NRAP 4(a)(1); NRAP 26(c). Appellant did not file his
notice of appeal, however, until July 2, 2014, more than a year after the
time for filing a notice of appeal had passed. Thus, to the extent that
appellant seeks to challenge the denial of relief based on EDCR 7.42(b) or
the denial of additional damages, we conclude that we lack jurisdiction to
consider this appeal. We therefore order the appeal dismissed insofar as it
seeks to challenge these rulings.
It is so ORDERED. 2
C.J.
Saitta
cc: Hon. Gloria Sturman, District Judge
Richard Pedersen
Lawyerswest, Inc.
Eighth District Court Clerk
In light of this order, we deny as moot all other requests for relief
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