IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
STEVEN B. CRYSTAL, INDIVIDUALLY No. 78980
AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE BARBARA
L. CRYSTAL DECEDENT TRUST;
AUTOMATED CASH SYSTEMS; AND
AUTOMATED CASHLESS SYSTEMS,
FILE
Appellants,
SEP 1 8 2020
vs.
EUZABETH A. BROWN
STEVE M. DEFILIPPIS; AND PICONE a..ERK OF SUPREME COURT
& DEFILIPPIS, A.P.L.C., CL
CS"-AiRk
DEPUTY
Respondents.
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
This is an appeal from a district court order denying a motion
for attorney fees pursuant to NRS 7.085. Second Judicial District Court,
Washoe County; Connie J. Steinheimer, Judge.
Our review of the case reveals a jurisdictional defect, as no
statute or court rule authorizes an appeal from the district court's order.
See NRAP 3A(b); Brown v. MHC Stagecoach, LLC,
(2013) (explaining that this court "may only consider appeals
authorized by statute or court rule"). Generally, a district court order
awarding attorney fees is appealable as "[a] special order entered after final
judgment." NRAP 3A(b)(8); see also Smith v. Crown Fin. Servs. of Ain.,
, 771 n.2 (1995). However, the district court
order at issue here does not affect the judgment rights or liabilities of the
parties to the underlying action; it denies a request to make respondents,
counsel for the defendants in the underlying action, jointly and severally
liable for an attorney fees award. See Gumm v. Mainor,
(2002) CA special order made after final judgment, to be
appealable under NRAP 3A(b)[(8)], must be an order affecting the rights of
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some party to the action, growing out of the judgment previously entered.").
Therefore, it does not qualify as a special order after final judgment
appealable under NRAP 3A(b)(8) and appellants claim no other basis for
our jurisdiction. Accordingly, this court lacks jurisdiction and we
ORDER this appeal DISMISSED.
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Parraguirre
, J.
Hardesty
.
, J.
Cadish
cc: Hon. Connie J. Steinheimer, District Judge
David Wasick, Settlement Judge
Woodburn & Wedge
Robison, Sharp, Sullivan & Brust
Washoe District Court Clerk
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