Halverson battles 2 for re-election

By Sun Staff (contact)

Friday, Aug. 8, 2008 | 7:36 p.m.

Stefany Miley

Jason Landess

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Clark County District Court Department 23 Judge Elizabeth Halverson’s seat will be up for grabs Tuesday.

The 50-year-old judge is facing a Nevada Judicial Discipline Commission complaint for falling asleep at the bench, creating a hostile working environment and treating jurors improperly. She has been suspended with pay since July 2007.

Halverson has said she is afraid the negative publicity could affect her campaign for re-election.

Halverson, who was elected to a two-year term in 2006, denies the charges.

One of her opponents, 62-year-old attorney Jason Landess, has been practicing litigation for about 25 years. Landess said he will use his lengthy experience to administer the law fairly and he doesn’t have a political agenda for running in the race.

Stefany Miley, 37, has endorsements from the Police Protective Association, the Clark County Prosecutors Association and Laborers' International Union of North America Local 702, among others. She currently serves as the Family Court Judge for Department F, dealing with issues such as custody battles, divorce, tax and real estate, and temporary protection orders.

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By notfoold

11/1/08 at 12:36 p.m.

Suggest removal

http://www.lvrj.com/news/27901399.html#b...

And then there is this cover-up:

Smoky wrote on September 05, 2008 06:59 AM: OnTheInside wrote on July 27, 2008 06:54 AM: 1990 Judge Mosley hires Landess for girlfriends real estate lawsuit.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-...

1993 Judge Mosley rules on cases for Landess' son Justin

http://www.lvrj.com/news/19245844.html

Today, Mosley's rulings are buried in Blackstone so as not to expose Mosley's involvement.
District Case Inquiry - Minutes

Case 03-C-191619-C Just Ct. Case# 03-F -06394 Status CLOSED
Plaintiff State of Nevada Attorney Roger, David J.
Defendant Landess, Justin T Attorney Public Defender
Judge Leavitt, Michelle Dept. 12

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Event 06/25/2003 at 09:00 AM SENTENCING
Heard By Mosley, Donald M.

FURTHER ORDERED, Sentence to run CONSECUTIVE to any other sentence and deft. released to P&P only.
CLERK'S NOTE: 7/31/03 Sentence to run CONSECUTIVE to C190087.

SEEMS A VOTE FOR LANDESS IS A VOTE FOR MOSLEY YOU DECIDE

May. 25, 2008
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DISTRICT JUDGE RACE: Lawyer's judgment at issue

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Jason Landess should not be the only focus in this article. Look carefully. The U.S. and Nevada require that Judges withdraw from cases where the average person would question their impartiality. Judges should avoid the appearance of impropriety and implied bias, and reveal on the record (in open court) anything that could be relevant to disqualification. That does not mean that Judge Mosley should render decisions on at least two cases involving this litigant on 4/23/03; 4/29/03; 5/7/03; 8/14/03; and THEN RECUSE on 8/20/03. Perhaps Judge Mosley and everyone else involved didn't clearly understand the judicial canons.

MOSLEY AND LANDESS MANIPULATED THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM FOR YEARS. THEY ARE JOINED AT THE HIP AND IF ELECTED, LANDESS WILL SIMPLY CARRY OUT MOSLEY'S DIRECTIVES ONCE MOSLEY RETIRES IN JANUARY