The opinion from the Nevada Supreme Court stems from a lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed she was subject to a “demeaning and humiliating” strip search while visiting a Nevada prison.
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Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson dropped out of a virtual candidate forum scheduled for Thursday, citing safety concerns.
U.S. Rep. Dina Titus praised law enforcement for tracking down a Las Vegas man who is accused of threatening to kill her.
The Clark County district attorney’s office must release more information about its practice of paying witnesses in exchange for their testimony, according to the terms of a legal settlement filed Friday in District Court.
Three years and two dozen motions later, a federal court in Las Vegas will hear a federal lawsuit Monday that seeks to block the Southern Nevada Water Authority from siphoning groundwater from a 300-mile swath of eastern Nevada.
District Judge William Kephart has been accused of violating professional ethics codes by giving an on-camera interview last year about a case that was pending before the Nevada Supreme Court.
A federal appeals court Monday revived a lawsuit filed by a Nevada inmate alleging excessive force by prison officers and assigned the case to a new judge, saying U.S. District Judge Robert Jones would have “substantial difficulty” putting previous expressed views out of his mind.
Former water officials Robert Coache and Michael E. Johnson were found guilty in connection with a $1.3 million bribery scheme to help a wealthy Bunkerville landowner sell water rights to the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
The video is disturbing, if not shocking. Former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks is thrown to the ground, and a police officer jumps on him. The officer winds up for three powerful punches, although it’s unclear whether he strikes Brooks.