Douglas v. Dist. Ct. (State)

way of extraordinary relief. See Pan, 120 Nev. at 228, 88 P.3d at 844. Accordingly, we conclude that the petition should be denied. We are, however, concerned by petitioner's allegation that the district court's law clerk, instead of the district court judge, purported to rule on several of petitioner's motions. We caution respondents that law clerks are precluded from exercising any judicial authority, including ruling on motions, See Sullivan v. District Court, 111 Nev. 1367, 1370 n.5, 904 P.2d 1039, 1041 n.5 (1995) (providing that "a judge's law clerk lacks judicial authority"), and any…