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  • Carson City First Judicial District Court Judge James Wilson is retiring. [Nevada Appeal
  • As Congress moves forward on cannabis banking, Nevada industry cautiously optimistic. [TNI]
  • Vegas, Henderson hope U.S. Supreme Court will rule on homeless camping ban. [RJ]
  • Nevada won’t require esports participants to test for performance enhancing drugs. [RJ]
  • Nevada among states joining IRS free “Direct File” pilot program. [Nevada Current]
  • The Aces championship parade is tonight. [KTNV]
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October 23, 2023 5:55 pm

Judge Wilson.. I've got to imagine this Judge low key probably had a bigger influence on legislative/statutory rulings and jurisprudence than almost anyone in the State given that many statutory challenges would often start out in the First JD.

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October 23, 2023 7:40 pm

Slow Monday for the blawg…

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October 23, 2023 8:28 pm

I'll wait till next year to use the free direct file. I want to see how it goes this year.

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October 23, 2023 8:49 pm

BK Hottie! Troy Fox!

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October 23, 2023 8:54 pm

Judge Wilson retires after 15 years, wherein he supposedly had some impact on…well…arguably, something, and wherein he supposedly accomplished, well, something, and yet the biographical article accompanying his retirement is lame in the extreme.

The article features material that no lay person, nor any attorney for that matter, could possibly give a damn about. Telling us how many continuing legal, or continuing judicial, education credits he earned, or what seminars he attended, or that he served on a whole bunch of arcane rules committees, seems designed to assist any readers who suffer from insomnia.

Tell us a little bit of him as a person, what his goals and aspirations were as a jurist, the unique situation of being a judge in the district where state government is centered, critical cases he was involved in, etc.

I am aware of some rulings from him, in the election/political realm, that were quite impactful. And 10:55 is aware of a lot more, and mentions the significant impact he had as many legislative/statutory challenges emerge in the First District, where he presides.

I wish 10:55 had written the retirement article. Instead, it appears to me that the article just went for the most readily available resume-like material that popped up under the judge's name during an initial casual search.

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October 23, 2023 9:05 pm

1:54-your comments remind me of when broadcast journalists secure an interview with a celebrity or prominent entertainer.

If it is scheduled to be a lengthy interview, sometimes the interviewer will perform some research, plus there is an effort to use an interviewer who has an interest in that celebrity and their work.

But these days most such interviews are 5 minutes or less(a small segment of a a program), and the interviewer just says stuff like "Wow, looking at your IMDb profile, you seem to be involved with a lot of stuff. Do you enjoy being busy?"

And then we wonder why some of these entertainers are grumpy during certain interviews(Qualifier: many entertainers are grumpy no matter how good the interviewer is).

Even if only 5 minutes, there is no reason why the interviewer can't find something interesting to ask them about their career beyond "Do you think your next action flick will be a hit?"

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October 23, 2023 9:10 pm

2:05, well, yes, for more lengthy, in depth interviews, we should expect better content.

But as to the five minute interviews you allude to, those are essentially intended, from the perspective of the actor and their agent, as being a commercial for the movie. And in that context, we understand questions of the "do you think your new flick will be a hit?" variety.

But, back to Judge Wilson, yes he deserves much better content than was offered in that article.

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October 23, 2023 9:21 pm

Discussions, by 2:05 and 2:10, about entertainment interviews, seem a bit off topic for a legal blog, but, whatever.

Circling back to the Judge and the retirement article, yes, it was as if someone went out of their way to be as innocuous and bland as possible, perhaps in the interest of playing it "safe." If you start expounding on, or editorializing about, how critically important some judge's decisions were, that could be something they specifically wanted to avoid-particularly as to any controversial decisions in the political and/or electoral realm.

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October 23, 2023 9:42 pm

Judge Wilson has been in a disproportionately powerful position. A judge in the (rural) capital city has no business deciding all the important issues that come before him. That said, he did offer some degree of predictability at least.

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October 23, 2023 10:24 pm
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But what I'm really interested in knowing(apologies to 1:54) is what boring CLE courses the judge took, and what seminars he attended.

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October 23, 2023 10:27 pm
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3:24-Agreed, and of even greater interest is whether his JEA was adept at maintaining the potted plants in chambers, and what degree of water and sunlight they received.

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October 23, 2023 9:59 pm

All this talk about blog topics instead of just posting. Y’all remind me if my gf who wants to talk about relationship instead of just banging.

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October 23, 2023 10:01 pm
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And yet here you are, not banging.

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October 23, 2023 10:22 pm
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Hahahaha that was great, thx for reminding me

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October 23, 2023 10:44 pm

This is not a political post. The evolution of Kenneth Chesebro from Laurence Tribe acolyte to taking a guilty plea is nothing short of fascinating. https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/after-once-liberal-lawyer-pleads-guilty-in-trump-rico-case-his-law-prof-mentor-offers-explanation

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October 23, 2023 10:50 pm
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Grifters gonna grift. We all know what the endgame is for every politician and their supporters – divvying up the taxpayers dollars to all of the rich and powerful.

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October 24, 2023 4:32 pm
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Is his name pronounced Cheese-Bro??? If so, I bet he was a ton of fun in law school, lol

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October 24, 2023 3:45 am
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They do have a duty. Read the statute. Civil liability is devasting to a motels and hotels for this stuff.

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October 24, 2023 1:59 pm
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Devastating indeed. I know that hotel well.

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October 24, 2023 7:38 pm
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I read the statute. The hotel would have to know that she is being trafficked and that they are renting the room to a trafficker (as opposed to being one of the many freelancers who inhabit Koval to Decatur along Tropicana who rent their own rooms). That is what the statute requires.

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October 24, 2023 10:14 pm
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Enjoyed good times at Motel 6 on my way home from Howard Hughes complex back in the day. Decompression time.

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October 23, 2023 11:43 pm

Not Nevada, but amongst the most popular/prolific bankruptcy judges in the country suddenly resigned two weeks ago… The allegation: he concealed that his live in girlfriend was a partner at the firm that filed many of the bankruptcies before him. https://www.reuters.com/legal/top-us-bankruptcy-judge-resigns-amid-ethics-inquiry-2023-10-15/

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October 24, 2023 12:02 am
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"Jones has been the most active bankruptcy judge in the U.S. since January 2016, overseeing 11% of all Chapter 11 bankruptcies involving more than $100 million in liabilities, according to data from Debtwire, which provides research and intelligence on credit markets."

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October 24, 2023 3:06 am
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And all of those handled by his girlfriends firm?

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October 24, 2023 5:44 pm
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Looks like the girlfriend was ousted by her firm. The most cringe part of her bio: "Before Jackson Walker, Liz served for six years as law clerk to Judge David R. Jones, Bankruptcy Judge for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas."

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October 24, 2023 10:18 pm
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A judge Jones who presided over cases brought by his girlfriend. Where have I heard that before?

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October 27, 2023 5:54 pm
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