What prevents him from making the same stupid claims all over again and repeating this entire idiotic saga a second or third time?
The fact that it's final after that. Or he has to put up a new bond. When he loses, the landlord will at least get the $250. He's not getting that back. @Useful Mistake was there a written lease in the case or is this just some casual month to month where the landlord was renting out a room in a property he occupies?
Most rental agreements have fee shifting for anything the landlord had to pay out of pocket.
Anyway there's always a right to an appeal, and the reason for a bond staying the proceedings is otherwise you could never appeal an eviction. One guy would make the final decision and if it's totally wrong, there would be no possible appeal, because the issue would be moot.
This isn't a normal appeals court appeal, but a trial de novo, much like you can appeal a small claims court decision to an actual court. It's basically a rerun. In some cases, a trial de novo is just based on the written record, but apparently this kind in Nevada is a rehearing.
It's not likely to take long.
ETA:
Eviction appeal. No doc attached. Hearing in 13 days
See? A whole two weeks. This is nothing like the glacial pace some incompetent federal judges act at.
I assume it gets dealt with on the hearing
I believe he could file another appeal to the appeals court, but is much less likely to get a cheapo $250 stay, i.e. at that point he'd probably have to pony up the full amount as a bond and keep it current.