United States District Court for the District of Nevada

United States District Court for the District of Nevada (D. Nev.)
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Appeals to	Ninth Circuit
Established	February 27, 1865
Judges assigned	7
Chief judge	Robert Clive Jones
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The United States District Court for the District of Nevada (in case citations, D. Nev.) is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Nevada. The court has locations in Las Vegas and Reno.

Cases from the District of Nevada are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current United States Attorney is Daniel Bogden.

Current judges

A vacancy has existed in the district since Chief Judge Roger L. Hunt took senior status on May 26, 2011. On August 2, President Barack Obama nominated Miranda Du to fill the seat. Her nomination is pending before the United States Senate.

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
					Active	Chief	Senior
22	Chief District Judge	Robert Clive Jones	Reno	1947	2003–present	2011–present	—	G.W. Bush
15	District Judge	Philip Martin Pro	Las Vegas	1946	1987–present	2002–2007	—	Reagan
19	District Judge	Kent Dawson	Las Vegas	1944	2000–present	—	—	Clinton
20	District Judge	Larry R. Hicks	Reno	1943	2001–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
21	District Judge	James C. Mahan	Las Vegas	1943	2002–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
24	District Judge	Gloria M. Navarro	Las Vegas	1967	2010–present	—	—	Obama
—	District Judge	vacant	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
12	Senior District Judge	Edward Cornelius Reed Jr.	Reno	1924	1979–1992	1986–1992	1992–present	Carter
13	Senior District Judge	Lloyd D. George	Las Vegas	1930	1984–1997	1992–1997	1997–present	Reagan
14	Senior District Judge	Howard D. McKibben	Reno	1940	1984–2005	1997–2002	2005–present	Reagan
18	Senior District Judge	Roger L. Hunt	Las Vegas	1942	2000–2011	2007–2011	2011–present	Clinton

Former judges

#	Judge	State	Born/Died	Active service	Term as Chief Judge	Senior status	Appointed by	Reason for termination
1	Baldwin, Alexander WhiteAlexander White Baldwin	NV	1835–1869	1865–1869	(none)	(none)	Lincoln, Lincoln	death
2	Hillyer, Edgar WintersEdgar Winters Hillyer	NV	1830–1882	1869–1882	(none)	(none)	Grant, Grant	death
3	Sabin, George MyronGeorge Myron Sabin	NV	1833–1890	1882–1890	(none)	(none)	Arthur, Arthur	death
4	Hawley, Thomas PorterThomas Porter Hawley	NV	1830–1907	1890–1906	(none)	(none)	Harrison, Harrison	retirement
5	Farrington, Edward SilsbyEdward Silsby Farrington	NV	1856–1929	1907–1928	(none)	1928–1929	Roosevelt, T.T. Roosevelt	death
6	Norcross, Frank HerbertFrank Herbert Norcross	NV	1869–1952	1928–1945	(none)	1945–1952	Coolidge, Coolidge	death
7	Foley, Roger ThomasRoger Thomas Foley	NV	1886–1974	1945–1957	1954–1957	1957–1974	Roosevelt, F.F. Roosevelt	death
8	Ross, John RollyJohn Rolly Ross	NV	1899–1963	1954–1963	1961–1963	(none)	Eisenhower, Eisenhower	death
9	Foley, Roger D.Roger D. Foley	NV	1917–1996	1962–1982	1963–1980	1982–1996	Kennedy, Kennedy	death
10	Thompson, Bruce RutherfordBruce Rutherford Thompson	NV	1911–1992	1963–1978	(none)	1978–1992	Kennedy, Kennedy	death
11	Claiborne, Harry E.Harry E. Claiborne	NV	1917–2004	1978–1986	(none)	(none)	Carter, Carter	impeachment and conviction
16	Hagen, David WarnerDavid Warner Hagen	NV	1931–present	1993–2003	(none)	2003–2005	Clinton, Clinton	retirement
17	Rawlinson, Johnnie B.Johnnie B. Rawlinson	NV	1952–present	1998–2000	(none)	(none)	Clinton, Clinton	appointment to 9th Cir.
23	Sandoval, BrianBrian Sandoval	NV	1963–present	2005–2009	(none)	(none)	Bush, G.W.G.W. Bush	resigned

Courthouses

Las Vegas

The Lloyd D. George Federal District Courthouse in Las Vegas.

The Lloyd D. George Federal District Courthouse is the home for the district court in Las Vegas. The building of the courthouse was completed in 2002 ^[1] and was the first federal building built to comply with the post-Oklahoma City blast resistance requirements.

On January 4, 2010, a single gunman, identified as Johnny Lee Wicks, aged 66, went inside the lobby of the courthouse and opened fire, fatally wounding a security officer before being killed himself by return fire from other security officers and U.S. Marshals. Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, both of whom have offices in the courthouse building, were not present when this happened. Wicks was apparently angry over the outcome of a legal dispute over his Social Security benefits.^[2][3]

References

1. ^ Lloyd D. George US Courthouse and Federal Building Project WEIDLINGER ASSOCIATES INC
2. ^ Court officer killed, federal marshal wounded in shooting inside lobby of Las Vegas courthouse
3. ^ Courthouse gunman has history of brushes with law, Cara McCoy, Las Vegas Sun, January 5, 2010

See also

• Courts of Nevada
• List of United States federal courthouses in Nevada

External links

• United States District Court - District of Nevada