- Judge Kathleen Delaney gave Jason "Blu" Griffith the maximum sentence of 10 years to life. [RJ]
- The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline spent over $183,000 in FY 2014 on pursuing its case against Judge Steven Jones, who is still receiving his $200,000/year salary until his time on the bench is up at the end of the year. [RJ]
- Rumors and allegations regarding the relationship between Senator Harry Reid and Federal Judge Jennifer Dorsey persist with a new article by an "interested" party in a case where Dorsey gave Neumont University, which the author Jesse Nickles alleges has ties to the LDS church, a $1 million plus default judgment against the author. Nickles also suggests that some people have surmised that Magistrate Peggy Leen has loyalty to conservative leaning groups. Some of Nickles information comes from an anonymous "well known attorney from Las Vegas"...[College Times]
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
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highly doubt a well-known Las Vegas attorney had anything to do with that piece of crap article.
ReplyDeletePlus, "well-known" does NOT equal respected or competent. (Take a look at many of the judicial candidates (both incumbents and contenders)). There are lots of "well-known" attorneys in Las Vegas that I would not hire to shine my shoes.
DeleteYikes. Did you actually read the Neumont University article you cited, or the linked decision? I don't know that I would be regurgitating that stuff if I were you. The underlying decision actually looks pretty even-handed given the fact that the defendants didn't bother to hire an attorney or show up in court.
ReplyDeleteYikes indeed....kind of doubt all of the sources, including whether there was a well known attorney at all.
DeleteQuick poll: does anyone actually believe that Dorsey's judgeship was bought? Seriously?
ReplyDeleteyes and no. is she qualified to be a judge? sure. was she in the realm of the "best choice" for a lifetime judicial appointment? no. likely, the donation helped, but probably didn't "buy" the judgeship.
DeleteI believe thay Dorsey's judgeship was bought. Look at who the money came from and where the money went. Hello!
DeletePlease. It wasn't much money and there are an awful lot of lawyers who have contributed more and are not federal judges. She is a good judge.
DeleteProbably the best way to say it is that the opportunity to get a recommendation to the President from Senator Reid was bought. Almost surely not a quid pro quo, but without the huge donation from her firm, she probably would not have been appointed. The huge donation just put her (and others in her firm) in contention.
DeleteThat article assumes away the random assignment of cases between the MJs and the DJs. Forgetting for the moment that it was written by the loser of a well-reasoned opinion, the author also seems to have forgotten to take aim at the chief judge (at the time it was the ultra conservative Clive Jones), who originally reassigned that case to Dorsey when she took the bench. Dorsey is now and will continue to be a fine and even handed judge.
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