Discipline hearing set for Mosley

Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001 | 9:39 a.m.

CARSON CITY -- The long-delayed hearing into whether District Judge Donald Mosley of Las Vegas should be disciplined for allegedly handing out judicial favors has been set for Feb. 25 in Las Vegas.

The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline announced the date Wednesday and said the hearing would continue day-to-day after its opening in the board room of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Mosley is accused of giving people favored treatment in his court in return for their help in his child custody case against Terry Figliuzzi Mosley.

The disciplinary commission started its hearing in August 2000, but Mosley appealed to the Nevada Supreme Court to dismiss the charges against him. All proceedings were held in abeyance until the court in May rejected the Mosley challenge and said the commission could go forward as soon as two new commissioners were appointed by the Nevada Bar.

Mosley has been charged by the commission with showing leniency in sentencing a defendant in a felony case in exchange for testimony that Terry Figliuzzi Mosley was an unfit mother.

A child was born to the couple in February 1992, and they later split, sparking a bitter custody battle.

There was also an allegation that Mosley released a criminal defendant on his own recognizance at the request of a longtime friend, Barbara Orcutt. She later testified on Mosley's behalf at one of the custody hearings.

Mosley has denied the charges. Mosley won a battle that ended up in the Supreme Court to give him custody of the child.