Towbin Dodge, LLC v. Eighth Judicial District Court

OPINION

In this petition, we consider whether an affidavit to disqualify a district judge, filed after contested pretrial matters were heard but almost immediately after the alleged basis for disqualification was discovered, was timely. NRS 1.235 sets forth the procedure for disqualifying district judges and requires that an affidavit be filed at least twenty days before trial or at least three days before any contested pretrial matter is heard. We conclude that the statute must be enforced as written. But when new grounds for disqualification are discovered after the statutory time has…