GARCIA VS. AGUILAR (FAMILY)

In plain language

This is a short procedural order, not a decision about who was right on the underlying family dispute. The court never reached the merits of the case. When someone appeals a lower-court decision to the Nevada Supreme Court, they must file certain paperwork to get the appeal moving. Here, on April 17, 2026, the court sent the appellant, Julia Guadalupe Garcia, a notice telling her to file and serve a "transcript request form or certificate of no transcript request" (documents that tell the court whether she wants written records of what was said in the lower court) within 14 days, and to file a "docketing statement" (a form giving the court basic information about the appeal) within 21 days. When those documents were not filed, the court issued a second order on May 18, 2026, giving her a new deadline of June 1, 2026, and warning her that if she did not comply, the appeal could be dismissed. According to the order, the appellant still had not filed the required documents. Because of this, the court concluded that she "has abandoned this appeal" and dismissed it. In other words, the appeal ended not because of any ruling on the family-law issues, but because the required procedural steps were not completed.

Holdings

• -Where an appellant fails to file a required transcript request form or certificate of no transcript request and a docketing statement, despite a notice and a subsequent order setting a compliance deadline and warning of dismissal, the court may treat the appeal as abandoned and dismiss it.

Practitioner analysis

This is an order dismissing a pro se appeal from the Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County (Judge Mari D. Parlade), for failure to prosecute and comply with the court's procedural directives. The court recounts that on April 17, 2026, it issued a notice directing the appellant to file and serve a transcript request form or certificate of no transcript request within 14 days and the docketing statement within 21 days. After the appellant did not file these documents, the court issued an order on May 18, 2026, setting a compliance deadline of June 1, 2026, and cautioning that failure to timely comply could result in dismissal. Noting that, as of the date of the order, the appellant had not filed the transcript request form or certificate of no transcript request or the docketing statement, the court determined it appeared the appellant had abandoned the appeal. On that basis, the court ordered the appeal dismissed. The order cites no statutes, rules, or case authority and conducts no merits analysis.

Counsel of record

Counsel is shown when the opinion or the court's docket names it.