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DEBORAH JEAN LUNDY v. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLARK AND THE HONORABLE JESSICA PETERSON DISTRICT JUDGE (2023)

Supreme Court of Nevada.2023-12-15No. No. 87525

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Opinion

ORDER DENYING PETITION

This original pro se petition seeks a writ of mandamus directing the district court to make a full and complete accounting in probate matter P-21-109843-E, or in the alternative, provide certified copies of the oaths and bonds of all court officers, including attorneys, involved in probate matter P-21-109843-E.

A writ of mandamus is available to compel the performance of an act that the law requires as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station or to control an arbitrary or capricious exercise of discretion. See NRS 34.160; Intl Game Tech., Inc. v. Second Judicial Dist. Court, 124 Nev. 193, 197, 179 P.3d 556, 558 (2008). Whether a petition for extraordinary writ relief will be entertained rests within this courts sound discretion. D.H. Horton, Inc. v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 123 Nev. 468, 474-75, 168 P.3d 731, 736-37 (2007). Petitioner bears the burden of demonstrating that extraordinary relief is warranted. Pan v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 120 Nev. 222, 228, 88 P.3d 840, 844 (2004). Further, it is petitioners responsibility to provide this court with all documents essential to understand the matters set forth in the petition. NRAP 21(a)(4).

Problematically, petitioner has not provided this court with exhibits or other documentation that would support her claims for relief. See NRAP 21(a)(4) (providing the petitioner shall submit an appendix containing all documents “essential to understand the matters set forth in the petition”). Accordingly, we

ORDER the petition DENIED

Stiglich, C.J.

Cadish, J.

Herndon, J.