Superintendent Jesus Jara announced he is staying put after the CCSD Board terminated and then cancelled the termination of his employment. No word on the resolution of his $2.6 million demand to avoid litigation. [TNI; Las Vegas Sun]
Tony Hsieh’s assets were in excess of $500 million. [RJ]
Reforming policies that criminalize poverty. [Nevada Current]
A $1 million gift from Sam Lionel will create an externship at Boyd Law School. [News3LV]
This is old news and not Vegas, but surfaced on Reddit and is interesting: video appears to show defense, prosecution, and a Utah judge working together to have the defendant arrested. [YouTube; SL Trib]
If you didn't say it was Utah, I could have been convinced this video was at the RJC. Unfortunately, the behavior seems like it would fit in at the RJC too. Good reminder to be careful what you say and do because you're always being recorded.
"Good reminder to be careful what you say and do because you're always being recorded." That's an interesting take away. Maybe it's a good reminder to behave honestly and ethically regardless of whether one is being recorded.
It's also a good reminder to not let the fervor of any pursuit to get in the way of keeping in mind what your role is. This is particularly important for prosecutors and judges who have roles other than reaching what they think is the right result in a case. It's pretty unreal that the defense attorney thought he or she should get involved in that.
The state of 90 percent of the judiciary is a fucking joke. I am reading a federal court opinon that addresses none of the issues. Not sure how this is allowed.
I filed a writ to the NV supreme court a few years ago that did pretty much the same thing. They don't care. As long as it's off their desk, they consider the job done.
12:22– OMG you have hit my hot button right now. Filed an Appeal. Received an Opinion that not only addressed a different issue than was up on appeal but actually misrepresented/mistook what the parties' position was on the appeal. They didn't just get the law wrong; they got the facts and issues wrong.
Petition for Rehearing filed that pointed out that they missed the issue and got the facts backwards. Denied by the same justice who wrote the Decision.
Petition for En Banc Reconsideration filed. 6-1 Decision denyning En Banc with the 1 Justice dissenting and saying that there should be En Banc being the justice who wrote the Opinion and denied the reconsideration.
I fall victim to the misnomer that on an appeal you are getting 3/7 better judges than you get at the trial level. You are getting a new clerk who often has no idea what they are talking about. They get it wrong just as often. In this case, the mistake became written in stone and actually expressly violates a statute. But I told my client the odds that the bad decision would just worse on appeal were out there. They just did not believe that it could get more nonsensical on appeal.
The previous law firm I worked for had an appeal before the ninth circuit court of appeals with similar insane results. A hearing request was denied. The opinion did not address 1/10th issues on appeal, and the opinion just went after the opposing attorney on the case to diffuse attention to the facts of the case. It blows my mind that clients paid a shit load for an appeal and this is what they get from 9th circuit. I do recall Judge Sidney Thomas was one of the judges.
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December 6, 2021 8:34 pm
90 of the writs I see are dismissed summarily without even addressing the issues. This is both Nevada Supreme C9urt and Nevada Court of Appeals.
Isn't an externship a no pay job for a judge, an agency, or the legislature? Why does Boyd need ANY money for its externship program? It seems like, at most, they'd need a single administrator to "run" the program (i.e., match up students with the appropriate externship placement).
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December 6, 2021 8:40 pm
Wonder whether it might be just a little awkward when Jesus Jara goes back into his office.
The CCSD just failing at everything it's supposed to be doing. It's not good at anything. It is a mismanaged and corrupt institution. But even by CCSD standards, this is a stinking dumpster fire.
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December 6, 2021 8:48 pm
"criminalize poverty"
Right, because all that's really going on is overuse of park benches. That's how they sell it and that's what they want us to believe. Nothing but overuse of a few park benches. The public defecation, blight, graffiti, shoplifting, burglary, violence, and theft are just a big nothing burger; it's about the park benches.
One of the laws referenced was about feeding pigeons. Growing up here in a reasonably nice middle class part of town, there was a lady who used to take massive bags of bird seed to the park next to my mom's house and she would feed huge flocks of pigeons in the morning. She was not poor or homeless and it was not a bad area, but as a result of her pigeon feeding, all the houses on our street were coated in piles of pigeon crap. It was disgusting, dirty, and a potential health issue. Would have been nice to have the police actually respond, but they didn't.
It seems to me that the cops pick and choose which of these laws to enforce, who to enforce them against, and when to enforce them.
I agree it makes no sense to continually trap poor people in a cycle of incarceration and fines that they can't pay. That's just stupid and tax payers foot the bill for incarcerating them. On the other hand, if we don't start applying the money we're not spending on incarceration to housing people and getting them off the streets, it's going to become problematic. You can't run a law office when people are using your front stoop for a bathroom every night.
And how on earth can anyone genuinely think decriminalizing traffic tickets is a good idea, or even more absurd, that traffic ticket fines criminalize poverty? We have enough crazy NV drivers. There should be some punishment. Regardless of your income level, the driver is 100% in control over whether he/she/ze/them speed to lead to the fine. Do they think poor people are so uneducated that he/she/ze/them can't follow something as simple as a speed limit?
I wonder how long until our genius politicians decriminalize theft too? Better buy my crowbar now for some smash-and-grab shopping before those, too, are all stolen.
@1:09 – it's not just speeding tickets. If you go read the traffic statute you'd find out that the cops can pull you over and write you a ticket for pretty much ANYTHING. All they have to do is look hard enough and they'll find something. Conveniently, those kinds of tickets end up getting written for poor people and POC more often than not. Poor people can't afford to take time off for court and can't afford the tickets. Then their license gets suspended, there's a warrant (and warrant fine if they try to get it quashed), and so on. That's what these new laws are trying to fight. It's not really a fight to let speeders off.
1:14, I'm pretty sure our police department has more important things to do than target and cite poor people for inconsequential infractions. That's just an excuse to pass this horrible legislation.
Nguyen chose a bad example of pigeon feeding as reason for justice reform. We all know the problems that arise when people feed animals with no controls. Despite our hearts being touched watching Marry Poppins.
1:11, 1:55, 2:32 and the like are not helpful. There is a real problem with criminalizing minor offenses like jaywalking. The sound bite analysis of a complex social issue is not helpful and it just makes you sound like dumb boomers. If you have nothing to contribute, stfu
Actually, 3:08, it's you not contributing and instead bullying those that disagree with you. Taking a social stance based on what you feel is happening is not helpful either.
232 here. Notwithstanding the snark contained in my post. I actually agree with the decrim of those offenses, jaywalking and traffic offenses. As a former "alternate / protem" for over 10 years, I routinely quashed warrants and gave CTS on these cases, especially where the D was incarcerated already for something else. I am however against the decrim of theft cases, as SF has done.
That said, this blog is supposed to be fun and entertainment. Dont take yourself so seriously and understand this: Just because the comments above offend your sense of "social justice" does not mean that the comments are not a "contribution"
So take your offense, your "stfu" and your attitude and grow the hell up.
Warrior on.
–Signed Successful Gen X'er and Proud son of Still Married Boomers
No…actually they are NOT a contribution. The dumbing down of this country, the lack of critical thinking is VERY problematic. It is ridiculous that people cannot figure out that incarcerating a homeless person for not paying a jaywalking ticket is actually BAD for the community and for the taxpayers. We waste hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars each year on this crap. We could house these people 5x over in decent housing with social services on site for that amount of money.
But hey…we love the poorly educated. Critical thinking skills would prevent the GOP's corporate donors from privatizing our jails and prisons and milking the taxpayers for every dime they can possibly squeeze out of them…over jaywalking tickets.
How about taking domestic violence offenses more seriously? Offenders think nothing of beating their baby mama to a pulp. Then, they are released in 12 hours or less. How about making the world a safer place and committing more resources to assist domestic violence survivors. Criminal behavior starts at home. If you are going to abuse your family, someone weaker than you, than your moral compass is broken. When I see arrests in the RJ, I check their custody and child support cases. Sure they normally have troubled family court cases replete with domestic violence.
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December 6, 2021 10:05 pm
I have never done any P.I. work, but I love Reddit, so I have a question for those of you on both sides: How have dashcams affected P.I. work? It seems like they are becoming more common (at least that's the impression reddit gives me). Do dash cams eat into the work of accident reconstruction experts? Is one side of the v affected more than the other?
I was in an accident where a woman ran a red light, and adamantly accused me of running the red light. Thank God a nice Russian man behind me had a dash cam, because that cleared everything up really fast. Her insurer's tune changed immediately. This wasn't litigation, but it certainly took out a bunch of he said she said.
A lot of my cases involve video. Quite frequently the video does not support the allegations. I had a case once where the video clearly demonstrated that there was no liability, and I still couldn't get summary judgment. I have no problem with genuine material issues of fact. I have no tolerance for made up BS. Apparently some of the judges do.
Unfortunately, we now live in a world where honestly and facts don't matter. There's no personal responsibility. The degenerate at 3:08 above is exhibit a.
If you didn't say it was Utah, I could have been convinced this video was at the RJC. Unfortunately, the behavior seems like it would fit in at the RJC too. Good reminder to be careful what you say and do because you're always being recorded.
"Good reminder to be careful what you say and do because you're always being recorded." That's an interesting take away. Maybe it's a good reminder to behave honestly and ethically regardless of whether one is being recorded.
It's also a good reminder to not let the fervor of any pursuit to get in the way of keeping in mind what your role is. This is particularly important for prosecutors and judges who have roles other than reaching what they think is the right result in a case. It's pretty unreal that the defense attorney thought he or she should get involved in that.
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The state of 90 percent of the judiciary is a fucking joke. I am reading a federal court opinon that addresses none of the issues. Not sure how this is allowed.
I filed a writ to the NV supreme court a few years ago that did pretty much the same thing. They don't care. As long as it's off their desk, they consider the job done.
12:22– OMG you have hit my hot button right now. Filed an Appeal. Received an Opinion that not only addressed a different issue than was up on appeal but actually misrepresented/mistook what the parties' position was on the appeal. They didn't just get the law wrong; they got the facts and issues wrong.
Petition for Rehearing filed that pointed out that they missed the issue and got the facts backwards. Denied by the same justice who wrote the Decision.
Petition for En Banc Reconsideration filed. 6-1 Decision denyning En Banc with the 1 Justice dissenting and saying that there should be En Banc being the justice who wrote the Opinion and denied the reconsideration.
I fall victim to the misnomer that on an appeal you are getting 3/7 better judges than you get at the trial level. You are getting a new clerk who often has no idea what they are talking about. They get it wrong just as often. In this case, the mistake became written in stone and actually expressly violates a statute. But I told my client the odds that the bad decision would just worse on appeal were out there. They just did not believe that it could get more nonsensical on appeal.
The previous law firm I worked for had an appeal before the ninth circuit court of appeals with similar insane results. A hearing request was denied. The opinion did not address 1/10th issues on appeal, and the opinion just went after the opposing attorney on the case to diffuse attention to the facts of the case. It blows my mind that clients paid a shit load for an appeal and this is what they get from 9th circuit. I do recall Judge Sidney Thomas was one of the judges.
90 of the writs I see are dismissed summarily without even addressing the issues. This is both Nevada Supreme C9urt and Nevada Court of Appeals.
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Isn't an externship a no pay job for a judge, an agency, or the legislature? Why does Boyd need ANY money for its externship program? It seems like, at most, they'd need a single administrator to "run" the program (i.e., match up students with the appropriate externship placement).
Wonder whether it might be just a little awkward when Jesus Jara goes back into his office.
The CCSD just failing at everything it's supposed to be doing. It's not good at anything. It is a mismanaged and corrupt institution. But even by CCSD standards, this is a stinking dumpster fire.
"criminalize poverty"
Right, because all that's really going on is overuse of park benches. That's how they sell it and that's what they want us to believe. Nothing but overuse of a few park benches. The public defecation, blight, graffiti, shoplifting, burglary, violence, and theft are just a big nothing burger; it's about the park benches.
One of the laws referenced was about feeding pigeons. Growing up here in a reasonably nice middle class part of town, there was a lady who used to take massive bags of bird seed to the park next to my mom's house and she would feed huge flocks of pigeons in the morning. She was not poor or homeless and it was not a bad area, but as a result of her pigeon feeding, all the houses on our street were coated in piles of pigeon crap. It was disgusting, dirty, and a potential health issue. Would have been nice to have the police actually respond, but they didn't.
It seems to me that the cops pick and choose which of these laws to enforce, who to enforce them against, and when to enforce them.
I agree it makes no sense to continually trap poor people in a cycle of incarceration and fines that they can't pay. That's just stupid and tax payers foot the bill for incarcerating them. On the other hand, if we don't start applying the money we're not spending on incarceration to housing people and getting them off the streets, it's going to become problematic. You can't run a law office when people are using your front stoop for a bathroom every night.
And how on earth can anyone genuinely think decriminalizing traffic tickets is a good idea, or even more absurd, that traffic ticket fines criminalize poverty? We have enough crazy NV drivers. There should be some punishment. Regardless of your income level, the driver is 100% in control over whether he/she/ze/them speed to lead to the fine. Do they think poor people are so uneducated that he/she/ze/them can't follow something as simple as a speed limit?
I wonder how long until our genius politicians decriminalize theft too? Better buy my crowbar now for some smash-and-grab shopping before those, too, are all stolen.
@1:09 – it's not just speeding tickets. If you go read the traffic statute you'd find out that the cops can pull you over and write you a ticket for pretty much ANYTHING. All they have to do is look hard enough and they'll find something. Conveniently, those kinds of tickets end up getting written for poor people and POC more often than not. Poor people can't afford to take time off for court and can't afford the tickets. Then their license gets suspended, there's a warrant (and warrant fine if they try to get it quashed), and so on. That's what these new laws are trying to fight. It's not really a fight to let speeders off.
1:14, I'm pretty sure our police department has more important things to do than target and cite poor people for inconsequential infractions. That's just an excuse to pass this horrible legislation.
Nguyen chose a bad example of pigeon feeding as reason for justice reform. We all know the problems that arise when people feed animals with no controls. Despite our hearts being touched watching Marry Poppins.
First Traffic Tickets, then shoplifting. San Francisco, here we come!
1:11, 1:55, 2:32 and the like are not helpful. There is a real problem with criminalizing minor offenses like jaywalking. The sound bite analysis of a complex social issue is not helpful and it just makes you sound like dumb boomers. If you have nothing to contribute, stfu
Actually, 3:08, it's you not contributing and instead bullying those that disagree with you. Taking a social stance based on what you feel is happening is not helpful either.
232 here. Notwithstanding the snark contained in my post. I actually agree with the decrim of those offenses, jaywalking and traffic offenses. As a former "alternate / protem" for over 10 years, I routinely quashed warrants and gave CTS on these cases, especially where the D was incarcerated already for something else. I am however against the decrim of theft cases, as SF has done.
That said, this blog is supposed to be fun and entertainment. Dont take yourself so seriously and understand this: Just because the comments above offend your sense of "social justice" does not mean that the comments are not a "contribution"
So take your offense, your "stfu" and your attitude and grow the hell up.
Warrior on.
–Signed Successful Gen X'er and Proud son of Still Married Boomers
No…actually they are NOT a contribution. The dumbing down of this country, the lack of critical thinking is VERY problematic. It is ridiculous that people cannot figure out that incarcerating a homeless person for not paying a jaywalking ticket is actually BAD for the community and for the taxpayers. We waste hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars each year on this crap. We could house these people 5x over in decent housing with social services on site for that amount of money.
But hey…we love the poorly educated. Critical thinking skills would prevent the GOP's corporate donors from privatizing our jails and prisons and milking the taxpayers for every dime they can possibly squeeze out of them…over jaywalking tickets.
What's ridiculous is you thinking people are actually jailed for jaywalking. Haha!
How about taking domestic violence offenses more seriously? Offenders think nothing of beating their baby mama to a pulp. Then, they are released in 12 hours or less. How about making the world a safer place and committing more resources to assist domestic violence survivors. Criminal behavior starts at home. If you are going to abuse your family, someone weaker than you, than your moral compass is broken. When I see arrests in the RJ, I check their custody and child support cases. Sure they normally have troubled family court cases replete with domestic violence.
I have never done any P.I. work, but I love Reddit, so I have a question for those of you on both sides: How have dashcams affected P.I. work? It seems like they are becoming more common (at least that's the impression reddit gives me). Do dash cams eat into the work of accident reconstruction experts? Is one side of the v affected more than the other?
Defense here, but I haven't had a case with a dash cam. I would guess having one results in the case be more likely to settle pre-litigation.
I was in an accident where a woman ran a red light, and adamantly accused me of running the red light. Thank God a nice Russian man behind me had a dash cam, because that cleared everything up really fast. Her insurer's tune changed immediately. This wasn't litigation, but it certainly took out a bunch of he said she said.
A lot of my cases involve video. Quite frequently the video does not support the allegations. I had a case once where the video clearly demonstrated that there was no liability, and I still couldn't get summary judgment. I have no problem with genuine material issues of fact. I have no tolerance for made up BS. Apparently some of the judges do.
Unfortunately, we now live in a world where honestly and facts don't matter. There's no personal responsibility. The degenerate at 3:08 above is exhibit a.
Awwww look…the boomer is back with some sound bite analysis.