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Las Vegas: 1971 2013–present — — Obama: 28 District Judge Richard F. Boulware: Las Vegas: 1968 2014–present — — Obama: 29 District Judge Anne Traum: Reno: 1969 2022–present — — Biden: 30 District Judge Cristina D. Silva: Las Vegas: 1979 2022–present — — Biden: 14 Senior Judge Howard D. McKibben: Reno: 1940 1984–2005 ...
The justice courts are courts of limited jurisdiction that hear only minor cases; in general, they hear misdemeanor cases (including traffic tickets), [a] and civil cases involving $15,000 or less (including evictions and small claims cases). [17] [18] They may also hold probable cause hearings for felony and gross misdemeanor cases. [19]
The District Courts also hear appeals from the limited jurisdiction state courts, which are composed of 17 Municipal Courts (which handle involving traffic ticket and misdemeanor violations of ordinances occurring within the city limits of incorporated municipalities) and 45 Justice Courts (which handle misdemeanor crime and traffic matters ...
The Nevada Department of Corrections utilizes five custody levels. These custody levels are: [3] Maximum - This is the most restrictive custody level in the Department. These inmates may not exit their cells without constant, direct supervision. They have a very high potential for violence, and are generally segregated from one another.
She was deputy chief of the criminal division from 2013 to 2018 and chief of the criminal division from 2018 to 2019. During her time as a federal prosecutor, Silva assisted with the criminal investigation into the 2017 Las Vegas shooting that killed 58 people in the initial shooting and injured about 500 others. In the years after, two more ...
Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in Nevada.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.
Nancy Anne Becker (born May 23, 1955) is an American attorney who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada from 1999 to 2006, including service as chief justice in 2005. Becker received a Bachelor of Arts from United States International University in 1976, and Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School in 1979.
The Court divided itself into two three-justice panels which rotate membership every 12 months. The majority of cases are now heard and decided by the three-justice panels, with one panel in Carson City and one panel in Las Vegas. The Chief Justice is the administrative head of the court system, with authority to divide the work of the Supreme ...