IN RE: PARENTAL RIGHTS AS TO P. B.-B. (FAMILY)

Key holdings

Practitioner summary

This is a dismissal order entered for failure to prosecute a pro se appeal from an order terminating parental rights. The court issued a briefing order on October 7, 2025, setting a December 8, 2025 deadline for the opening brief. After appellant failed to file, the court issued an order on December 22, 2025, granting an additional 14 days and warning that noncompliance could result in dismissal. Appellant filed nothing further and did not communicate with the court. The court found that appellant had abandoned the appeal and dismissed it. The order does not address the merits of the underlying termination of parental rights.

In plain language

A father, identified as Khasim B., lost his parental rights to a minor child in a Carson City district court. He appealed that decision to the Nevada Supreme Court on his own, without a lawyer. When someone appeals, they have to file an "opening brief" - a written explanation of why they think the lower court got it wrong. The Supreme Court ordered Khasim B. to file his opening brief by December 8, 2025. He did not. The court then gave him another 14 days, warning him that if he still did not file, his appeal could be dismissed. He did not file the brief or contact the court at all. Because the court concluded he had abandoned the appeal, it dismissed the case. The dismissal ends the appeal; the district court's order terminating his parental rights stands.