JUAN VS. SALAZAR (FAMILY)
24-30156 · 89062 · Nevada (SCOTN/COA) · August 23, 2024
Disposition:Appeal dismissed.Other Family LawPosture Alejandro Angel Juan filed an appeal that was docketed in the Nevada Supreme Court on July 29, 2024, without payment of the filing fee required by NRAP 3(e). The court issued a notice the same day directing the appellant either to pay the fee or to demonstrate compliance with NRAP 24 (governing in forma pauperis proceedings) within 14 days, warning that noncompliance would result in dismissal.
Key holdings
Practitioner summary
The court dismissed the appeal under NRAP 3(a)(2) for failure to comply with the filing-fee requirement of NRAP 3(e). After docketing on July 29, 2024, the clerk issued a 14-day notice to cure by paying the fee or demonstrating compliance with NRAP 24. The appellant neither paid nor responded, prompting dismissal. The order resolves no substantive issues.
In plain language
When someone files an appeal with the Nevada Supreme Court, they must either pay a filing fee or apply to proceed without paying the fee because of financial hardship. In this family-law case, Alejandro Angel Juan filed an appeal but did not pay the fee. The court sent him a notice giving him 14 days to either pay or show that he qualified to proceed without paying. According to the order, Juan did not respond. Because the fee was not paid and no qualifying paperwork was submitted, the court dismissed the appeal. The order does not address the merits of the underlying family-law dispute between Juan and Nancy Salazar.
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