Quinn v. Eighth Judicial District Court

A Nevada district court does not have the authority to compel an out-of-state attorney to appear in Nevada for a deposition as a nonparty witness in a civil action pending in Nevada state court where the attorney has appeared pro hac vice in the action.Under the circumstances described above, the district court found that it had jurisdiction over the attorneys because they had appeared in Nevada court on a pro hac vice basis in this case. The court granted the motion to compel the depositions of the attorneys and ordered the depositions to take place in Las Vegas. The attorneys then filed the instant writ petition with the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court granted the petition for writ relief, holding that the district court had no authority to enforce out-of-state subpoenas issued to out-of-state nonparty witnesses or to compel those witnesses to appear in Nevada for deposition in a civil action. View "Quinn v. Eighth Judicial District Court" on Justia Law