The Clark County district attorney’s office has filed a motion accusing District Judge Erika Ballou of failing to follow orders from the Nevada Supreme Court.
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A hearing in the Family Court case between Dylan Houston and Ashley Prince is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. A judge may determine if media can access proceedings.
U.S. Attorney Jason Frierson became the first African-American man to serve as Nevada’s top federal law enforcement officer in April 2022.
In overturning a District Court ruling, justices held that shield law protections did not die with Jeff German when he was murdered in 2022.
Two years after prosecutors first sought a death warrant for quadruple killer Zane Floyd, active bids to halt the execution are still in front of the Nevada Supreme Court.
A group of incarcerated firefighters from a women’s prison facility in Nevada were told to keep working while their boots and socks melted according to a lawsuit filed this week by the ACLU of Nevada.
Gov. Joe Lombardo appointed two judges on Thursday to fill vacancies in Family Court.
The Nevada Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Thursday over a rule change in Clark County’s Family Court that makes it easier to close hearings to the public.
The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a ban preventing insurers from using credit score declines against those who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Judge James Wilson said that the board did not give the proper amount of notice to victims’ families prior to the meeting, although he allowed that the board did have the power to commute death sentences.
Former university regent James Dean Leavitt is challenging appointed Judge Maria Gall for the District Court Department 9 seat.
The Nevada Board of Pharmacy can no longer classify cannabis as a Schedule 1 drug, a district Judge ruled on Wednesday.
In a Democratic primary race, incumbent Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson appeared to defeat criminal defense lawyer Ozzie Fumo.
A candidate in the Clark County district attorney’s race said that if he is elected, he will not prosecute sex workers accused of prostitution-related crimes.
The first participants in Nevada’s only gambling treatment specialty court program graduated on Tuesday.