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Electronically Filed

Jun 09 2021 12:31 p.m.

Elizabeth A. Brown

Clerk of Supreme Court

 

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

 

Supreme Court No. 82559

 

District Court Case No. 09OC005791B

 

REZA ZANDIAN, A/K/A GOLAMREZA ZANDIANJAZI, A/K/A GHOLAM REZA ZANDIAN, A/K/A REZA JAZI, A/K/A J. REZA JAZI, A/K/A G. REZA JAZI, A/K/A GHONOREZA ZANDIAN JAZI, AN INDIVIDUAL,

            Appellant,

vs.

 

JED MARGOLIN, AN INDIVIDUAL,

            Respondent.

 

 

RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS APPELLANT’S UNTIMELY APPEAL FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION

 

Respondent Jed Margolin hereby moves to dismiss Appellant Reza Zandian’s appeal because it was not filed within 33 days after service of Respondent’s Notice of Entry of Order pursuant to NRAP 4(a)(1).

 

I. BACKGROUND

 

On January 19, 2021, the First Judicial District Court entered its Order

 

 

Granting Plaintiff’s Motion to Void Deeds, Assign Property, For Writ of Execution and to Convey, which is the subject of this appeal. June 9, 2021 Declaration of Matthew D. Francis (“Francis Decl.”), Exhibit 1. On January 22, 2021, Respondent served Appellant with the Notice of Entry of Order of the First Judicial District Court’s Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion to Void Deeds, Assign Property, For Writ of Execution and to Convey. Francis Decl., Exhibit 2. On February 25, 2021, Respondent filed his Notice of Appeal, which was 34 days after Respondent served the aforementioned Notice of Entry of Order. Francis Decl., Exhibit 3.

 

II. ARGUMENT

 

NRAP 4(a)(1) provides in pertinent part: “[e]xcept as provided in Rule 4(a)(4), a notice of appeal must be filed after entry of a written judgment or order, and no later than 30 days after the date that written notice of entry of the judgment or order appealed from is served.” Id. see also Healy v. Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft, 103 Nev. 329, 330, 741 P.2d 432, 433 (1987) (dismissing untimely appeal). This deadline is jurisdictional and an untimely appeal may not be considered. See Rust v. Clark Cty. School Dist., 103 Nev. 686, 688, 747 P.2d 1380, 1382 (1987) (holding that “the proper and timely filing of a notice of appeal is jurisdictional”); see also Ross v. Giacomo, 97 Nev. 550, 553, 635 P.2d 298, 300 (1981) (holding that the requirement that a notice of appeal be filed within the proscribed period "is jurisdictional; an untimely appeal may not be considered"), abrogated on other grounds by Winston Products Co. v. DeBoer, 122 Nev. 517,

 

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524, 134 P.3d 726, 731 (2006); see also Alvis v. State, 99 Nev. 184, 185, 660 P.2d 980, 981 (1983) (dismissing untimely appeal), overruled on other grounds by AA Primo Builders, LLC v. Washington, 126 Nev. 578, 585, 245 P.3d 1190, 1195 (2010); see also Healy, 103 Nev. at 330, 741 P.2d at 433.

 

Here, Appellant’s Notice of Appeal was filed late – 34 days after service of the Notice of Entry of Order. Francis Decl., Exhibit 3. As such, Appellant failed to comply with NRAP 4(a)(1) and his appeal should be dismissed.

 

III. CONCLUSION

 

For all of the foregoing reasons, Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss Appellant’s Untimely Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction should be granted, and Appellant’s appeal should be dismissed.

 

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DATED this 9th day of June, 2021.

 

BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP

 

By: /s/Matthew D. Francis

Matthew D. Francis

Nevada Bar No. 6978

Arthur A. Zorio

Nevada Bar No. 6547

5520 Kietzke Lane, Suite 100

Reno, NV 89511

Telephone: 775.324.4100

Facsimile: 775.333.8171

Email: mfrancis@bhfs.com

azorio@bhfs.com

 

Attorneys for Respondent JED MARGOLIN

 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

 

Pursuant to NRAP 25(b), I certify that I am an employee of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, and on this 9th day of June, 2021, I served the document entitled RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS APPELLANT’S UNTIMELY APPEAL FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION on the parties listed below in the manner described below:

 

Mark Forsberg, Esq.

Rick Oshinski, Esq.

Oshinski & Forsberg, Ltd.

504 E. Musser Street, Suite 202

Carson City, NV 89701

rick@oshinskiforsberg.com

mark@oshinskiforsberg.com

 

 

[  ]  VIA U.S. MAIL: by placing a true copy thereof enclosed in a sealed envelope with first class postage thereon fully prepaid, in the United States mail at Reno, Nevada as addressed to the foregoing party.

 

[  ]  VIA FACSIMILE: by transmitting to a facsimile machine maintained by the person on whom it is served at the facsimile machine telephone number as last given by that person on any document which he/she has filed in the cause and served on the party making the service. The copy of the document served by the facsimile transmission bears a notation of the date and place of transmission and the facsimile telephone number to which it was transmitted.

 

]  VIA COURIER: by delivering a copy of the document to Federal Express for first priority delivery to the foregoing party in Paris, France.

  

[X ]  VIA ELECTRONIC SERVICE: by electronically filing the document with the Clerk of the Court using the ECF system which served the foregoing parties electronically:

 

 

/s/ Nancy R. Lindsley

 

Employee of Brownstein Hyatt

Farber Schreck, LLP

 

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

 

Supreme Court No. 82559

 

District Court Case No. 09OC005791B

 

REZA ZANDIAN, A/K/A GOLAMREZA ZANDIANJAZI, A/K/A GHOLAM REZA ZANDIAN, A/K/A REZA JAZI, A/K/A J. REZA JAZI, A/K/A G. REZA JAZI, A/K/A GHONOREZA ZANDIAN JAZI, AN INDIVIDUAL,

            Appellant,

 

vs.

 

JED MARGOLIN, AN INDIVIDUAL,

            Respondent.

 

 

DECLARATION OF MATTHEW D. FRANCIS

 

I, Matthew D. Francis, do hereby declare and state as follows:

 

1.  I have personal knowledge of the following facts and if called as a witness I could and would testify competently to them. This declaration is based upon my personal knowledge, and is made in support of Respondent Jed Margolin’s Motion to Dismiss Appellant’s Untimely Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction.

 

2. Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of the First Judicial District Court’s Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion to Void Deeds, Assign Property, For Writ of Execution and to Convey.

 

3. Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of Respondent’s Notice of Entry of Order of the First Judicial District Court’s Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion to Void Deeds, Assign Property, For Writ of Execution and to Convey.

 

4. Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is a true and correct copy of Appellant’s Notice of Appeal.

 

I declare under penalty of perjury pursuant to the laws of the State of Nevada that the foregoing is true and correct.

 

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DATED this 9th day of June, 2021.

 

BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP

 

By: /s/ Matthew D. Francis

Matthew D. Francis

Nevada Bar No. 6978

Arthur A. Zorio

Nevada Bar No. 6547

5520 Kietzke Lane, Suite 100

Reno, NV 89511

Telephone: 775.324.4100

Facsimile: 775.333.8171

Email: mfrancis@bhfs.com

azorio@bhfs.com

 

Attorneys for Respondent JED MARGOLIN

 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

 

Pursuant to NRAP 25(b), I certify that I am an employee of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, and on this 9th day of June, 2021, I served the document entitled DECLARATION OF MATTHEW D. FRANCIS on the parties listed below in the manner described below:

 

Mark Forsberg, Esq.

Rick Oshinski, Esq.

Oshinski & Forsberg, Ltd.

504 E. Musser Street, Suite 202

Carson City, NV 89701

rick@oshinskiforsberg.com

mark@oshinskiforsberg.com

 

[  ]  VIA U.S. MAIL: by placing a true copy thereof enclosed in a sealed envelope with first class postage thereon fully prepaid, in the United States mail at Reno, Nevada as addressed to the foregoing party.

 

[  ]  VIA FACSIMILE: by transmitting to a facsimile machine maintained by the person on whom it is served at the facsimile machine telephone number as last given by that person on any document which he/she has filed in the cause and served on the party making the service. The copy of the document served by the facsimile transmission bears a notation of the date and place of transmission and the facsimile telephone number to which it was transmitted.

 

[  ]  VIA COURIER: by delivering a copy of the document to Federal Express for first priority delivery to the foregoing party in Paris, France.

 

[X]  VIA ELECTRONIC SERVICE: by electronically filing the document with the Clerk of the Court using the ECF system which served the foregoing parties electronically:

 

/s/ Nancy R. Lindsley

 

Employee of Brownstein Hyatt

Farber Schreck, LLP

 

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