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SONIA v. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

No. 51956.

125 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 38

SONIA F., AS PARENT AND GUARDIAN AD LITEM OF J.M., Petitioner, v. THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLARK, AND THE HONORABLE ELISSA F. CADISH, DISTRICT JUDGE, Respondents, and AMIR AHMAD, A/K/A AMIR AMAD; AZIZ AHMAD; AND LAURA AHMAD, Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

September 10, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Douglas R. Johnson and Jennifer E. Sims and Douglas R. Johnson, Las Vegas; The Bach Law Firm, LLC, and Jason J. Bach, Las Vegas, for Petitioner.

Michael I. Gowdey, Las Vegas, for Real Parties in Interest.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.

OPINION

By the Court, HARDESTY, C.J.:

In this petition for extraordinary relief, we exercise our discretion to consider an issue of first impression; namely, whether Nevada's rape shield law, which restricts the admissibility of evidence concerning a sexual assault victim's history of sexual conduct, applies in civil cases.

We conclude that Nevada's rape shield law, codified under NRS 50.090, is plain and unambiguous, and applies only to criminal...

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