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Silly me. I thought the Nevada Judicial Discipline Commission might explain in legal documents made public Monday why a 2006 complaint against Family Court Judge Steven Jones languished in limbo land.

Historically, the mentally ill in Nevada haven’t fared well under the state’s budget.

Reading the House Ethics Committee report from Rep. Shelley Berkley’s perspective, while she wasn’t completely exonerated of unethical behavior, it could have been worse.

In 2003, the Clark County public defender’s office, particularly the juvenile division, was a disgrace. Understaffed and underfunded, if you were poor and needed legal help, an independent study said the office wasn’t providing quality representation, and had not been for years.

In 2009, legislators asked David Sarnowski, the Nevada Judicial Discipline Commission’s executive director, why it took so long for the commission to decide whether to dismiss a complaint against a judge or file formal charges.