Archive for category Civil
Eighth Judicial District Court Administrative Order 2010-03
Posted by Michael in Administration, Case Flow Management, Civil on February 24th, 2010
Chief Judge T. Arthur Ritchie, Jr. has issued Administrative Order 2010-03 assigning the supervision of Discovery Matters in the Eighth Judicial District Court.
Civil Bench Bar Meeting Set For January 19, 2010
The next Civil Bench/Bar Committee meeting has been scheduled for noon, January 19, 2010 in Courtroom 15B at the Regional Justice Center, 200 Lewis Avenue. Topics for discussion include the Feb. 1, 2010 mandatory e-filing deadline, early case resolution conferences, and judicial websites. Please RSVP before January 15, 2010 by calling (702) 671-4350.
Additional E-Filing Training Scheduled
Posted by Michael in Administration, Civil, Education, Family Court on January 8th, 2010
The Eighth Judicial District Library Commission invites you to attend special training at the Family Courts and Services Center Campus about how to e-file and e-serve in the Clark County Courts. Join the Library Commission and staff from the Court Clerk’s Office for a one-hour class that will explain how to comply with the Feb. 1, 2010 deadline for mandatory electronic filing of all civil and criminal cases filed in the Eighth Judicial District Court (EJDC Administrative Order 09-12).
Pick a date!
January 15, 2010 or January 22, 2010, 11 a.m.
Zenoff Hall, 3420 E Bonanza Rd, Las Vegas
What will the training cover?
- Preparing and Planning for E-Filing before Feb. 1, 2010
- Electronic service of documents.
- EJDC Rules on E-Filing.
- Best Practices for Success.
Space is limited to 50 participants each session. Sign up now by calling (702) 671-4528.
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Grand Opening For Civil Law Self-Help Center
Posted by Michael in Civil, District Court, Events, Judges, Justice Court, Self Help Centers on January 8th, 2010
Eighth Judicial District Court Presiding Civil Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez and Las Vegas Justice Court Vice Chief Judge Melissa Saragosa will be joined by Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada Executive Director Barbara Buckley and Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly in a ribbon cutting ceremony.
- WHAT: Civil Law Self-Help Center Grand Opening.
- WHEN: Thursday (Jan. 14) at noon.
- WHERE: Regional Justice Center, 200 Lewis Ave., Las Vegas.
- EVENT: Dedication of a new Civil Law Self-Help Center to self-represented individuals of the Las Vegas community. Interviews, a photo opportunity and media tour of the new center will be provided. The Civil Law Self-Help Center (CLSHC) provides self-represented litigants with the tools to effectively prepare for court. The center offers common civil forms, education and self-help legal information to those wishing to represent themselves in civil matters in the Clark County court system.
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Civil Law Self-Help Center Opens Doors To Assist Self-Represented Litigants With Education, Forms and Support
Posted by Michael in Administration, Civil, RJC, Self Help Centers on December 4th, 2009
A Civil Law Self-Help Center (CLSHC) opens Monday (Dec. 7) in the Regional Justice Center to provide self-represented litigants with the tools to effectively prepare for court. The center will provide common civil forms, education and self-help legal information to those wishing to represent themselves in civil matters in the Clark County court system.
“This center allows us to respond to the needs of the community and the courts,” said District Court Presiding Civil Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez. “Our civil caseload has increased this year as more individuals face foreclosure, civil lawsuits and landlord-tenant issues. Many of those people are self-represented and require help in navigating our courts.”
Legal Aid of Southern Nevada will staff the center with a lawyer and four bilingual paralegals. They will remain neutral and will not provide legal advice. The center will offer assistance in the following Legal Topics: Civil Actions, Landlord – Tenant and Evictions, Mediation, Protection Orders, and Small Claims. A mediator also will provide litigants the option of using no cost resolution programs to settle their matters outside of a courtroom.
The center, located on the first floor of the RJC, will be open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day.
A Civil Law Self-Help Center Web site will allow individuals to prepare legal documents over the Internet. It can be found at http://www.clarkcountycourts.us/self-help.html.
Administrative Order Regarding Endoscopy Center and Associated Businesses
Posted by Michael in Administration, Chief Judge, Civil, High Profile on October 29th, 2009
An order has been issued by the District Court concerning coordination of all discovery and pretrial motion practice of cases involving entities under District Court Case Number A534756 and related cases. Here is a copy of the Administrative Order.
Order Filed in District Court in Hurst v. State of Nevada Board of Medical Examiners
Posted by Michael in Civil, Decisions, District Court, High Profile on October 1st, 2009
An order detailing the decision of the court in Hurst v. State of Nevada Board of Medical Examiners has been filed in the Eighth Judicial District Court. The order signed by Judge Kathleen Delaney determines that the Board of Medical Examiners violated the state’s Open Meeting Law, which voided an Emergency Regulation enacted by the board on Sept. 18, 2009. Judge Delaney’s order does not directly address the substantive challenges or the merits of the Emergency Regulation.
It is important to note the judge’s decision does not change the current status of the law. In a Sept. 30, 2009 article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal Dan Burns, the spokesman for Governor Jim Gibbons, says, “realistically, it doesn’t appear as though this issue is a series health threat to the citizens of the state at this moment.” The paper adds that registered nurses, doctors, pharmacists and EMTs can give simple vaccinations.
Administrative Order: Foreclosure Mediation Petitions for Judicial Review
Posted by Michael in Administration, Civil, Foreclosure Mediation, State v. Simpson on September 24th, 2009
Eighth Judicial District Court Chief Judge T. Arthur Ritchie, Jr. has issued an administrative order (AO-0913) regarding the hearing of petitions for judicial review in foreclosure mediation cases. In addition, a request for judicial review in Foreclosure Mediation cases can be filed with the Court Clerk.
District Court Case Reassignments Effective September 21, 2009
Posted by Michael in Administration, Case Flow Management, Civil, Criminal, District Court, Judges, Mortgage Foreclosure Review on September 10th, 2009
The Eighth Judicial District Court will initiate a caseload transfer for four judicial departments effective September 21, 2009. The four departments affected by the reassignment of cases include:
- Dept. 4, Judge Kathy Hardcastle, mixed civil/criminal (Criminal Track 11).
- Dept. 7, Judge Linda Bell, mixed civil/criminal (Criminal Track 5).
- Dept. 14, Judge Donald Mosley, mixed criminal/mortgage foreclosure review (Criminal Track 11).
- Dept. 15, Judge Abbi Silver, mixed civil/criminal (Criminal Track 5).
Please refer to this letter from Chief Judge T. Arthur Ritchie, Jr. for more information.
In the event an attorney has not exercised a peremptory challenge and wishes to do so, he/she must exercise the peremptory challenge in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 48.1 and the case will be randomly reassigned.
To confirm the newly assigned department or future court dates, parties may view the Eighth Judicial District Court’s on-line case inquiry information websites:
Civil:
https://www.clarkcountycourts.us/Anonymous/default.aspx
Criminal:
http://courtgate.coca.col.clark.nv.us/DistrictCourt/asp/CaseNo.asp
Judges Practice Role Play to Help Parties Reach Agreement
Posted by Michael in Civil, District Court, Family Court, Judges on July 24th, 2009
Clark County Courts Judges will role play to learn how to mediate and resolve cases during training sponsored by the Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution at the William S. Boyd School of Law on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
More than 25 judges will participate in the training led by Dr. Peter Maida, a mediation expert. Maida will lead judges through family and civil court scenarios and teach them how to lead discussions, engage litigants and reach negotiated settlements in cases. The judges will act out each scenario and Maida will teach them how to help parties reach agreement. The course will focus on facilitating collaboration between parties and find common-ground for reaching a settlement.
This focused training will teach judges to lead mediations in various settings, such as divorce or foreclosure. The mediation skills will enable judges to provide better service, help parties reach a settlement and speed up adjudication. Mediation provides individuals with quicker resolution and releases court days for other trials.
“Matters coming to the court must be resolved quickly and mediation is an important tool,” said Chief Judge T. Arthur Ritchie, Jr. “Mediation may help families facing foreclosure, a divorce or any other matter that requires fast resolution and help from the court.”
In May and June, the Civil and Family Divisions conducted marathon settlement conferences which resulted in adjudicating 80 Family Court and medical malpractice cases in five weeks. This effort released more than 100 trial days for pending trials in the courts.
For more information contact Court Information Officer Michael Sommermeyer, (702) 671-4534.