Halverson v. Hardcastle

OPINION

By the Court, Maupin, C. J.:

This original petition for a writ of quo warranto raises important and novel issues regarding a chief district judge’s authority over the actions of another district judge.

Due to reported events in the spring of 2007, the chief judge of the Eighth Judicial District in Clark County appointed a three-judge committee to work with a newly elected district judge in improving her judicial performance. Based on the three-judge committee’s recommendation, the chief judge then reassigned the judge’s criminal caseload to a different judge. Thereafter, citing security…