Litigation

In Nevada, Swifter Justice for Misbehaving Judges?

By Charlie Hall

Nevada’s Judicial Discipline Commission Process is too slow, and needs to make its process more open, according to a state judicial reform panel and a Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial.

According to a newspaper report, the state’s Article 6 Commission, a blue-ribbon panel appointed by the state Supreme Court to review all aspects of the state’s court operations, said the discipline commission should aim to resolve allegations against judges within 18 months and to end a gag rule that silences those who bring complaints against judges.

 According to the Review-Journal editorial, in at least three cases, the commission took so long to investigate flagrant violations that the judges were voted out of office before a final report was delivered.

“In a case involving the late former District Judge Jeffrey Sobel, the commission needed three years to determine he wrongly demanded (more…)

Full post as published by The Gavel on January 08, 2009 (boomark / email).

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