BOLANOS VS. ROGERS (FAMILY)

In plain language

This is a one-paragraph clerk's order ending an appeal before the Nevada Supreme Court could decide it on the merits. The appellant, Sylvia Michelle Bolanos, asked the court to dismiss her own appeal, and the respondent, Dan Charles Rogers, did not oppose her request. The court granted the unopposed motion and closed the case. Because this is a voluntary dismissal, the court did not address the underlying family-law dispute, did not issue any ruling on the merits, and did not announce any rule of law. The opinion does not describe what the appeal was about beyond identifying it as a matter from the district court presided over by the Honorable Jason Woodbury.

Holdings

• -An unopposed motion for voluntary dismissal of an appeal may be granted under NRAP 42.

Practitioner analysis

The court disposed of the appeal under NRAP 42, which governs voluntary dismissal of appeals. The motion was unopposed, and the court granted it without analysis. No standard of review was applied and no doctrinal framework was discussed because the dismissal was procedural rather than substantive. The order also notes the involvement of a settlement judge, Margaret M. Crowley.