On July 27, 2022, the Las Vegas Justice Court issued revised Administrative Order (AO) 22-07, which assigns certain vehicular crime cases to a single department. According to the order, its intent “is to limit the assignment of cases to this docket to those involving driving or operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol or […]
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PostOn July 7, 2022, the City of Reno Municipal Court issued Administrative Order 2022-01 in preparation for Judge Dorothy Nash Holmes’ upcoming leave of absence, effective July 15, 2022. The order states that any pro tem judge assigned to Department 3 in the absence of Judge Holmes shall be subject to a temporary exemption to […]
After serving more than 15 years on the District Court bench, Judge Michael P. Villani is retiring. Judge Villani was appointed to the Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada in April 2007. Following receiving his law degree from the California Western School of Law, Judge Villani served as a Deputy District Attorney. He also worked […]
On June 30, 2022, the Eighth Judicial District Court issued Administrative Order (AO) 22-10, reassigning cases in the Civil/Criminal Division of the court. Department 9 will have a civil assignment. Fifty percent of civil cases currently being heard by Department 1 will be reassigned to Department 9. All criminal cases being heard by Department 9 […]
