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	Gloria Navarro
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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

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
					Active	Chief	Senior
24	Chief Judge	Gloria Navarro	Las Vegas	1967	2010–present	2014–present	—	Obama
21	District Judge	James C. Mahan	Las Vegas	1943	2002–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
25	District Judge	Miranda Du	Reno	1969	2012–present	—	—	Obama
26	District Judge	Andrew Patrick Gordon	Las Vegas	1962	2013–present	—	—	Obama
27	District Judge	Jennifer A. Dorsey	Las Vegas	1971	2013–present	—	—	Obama
28	District Judge	Richard Franklin Boulware II	Las Vegas	1968	2014–present	—	—	Obama
29	District Judge	vacant	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	Senior Judge	Lloyd D. George	Las Vegas	1930	1984–1997	1992–1997	1997–present	Reagan
14	Senior Judge	Howard D. McKibben	Reno	1940	1984–2005	1997–2002	2005–present	Reagan
18	Senior Judge	Roger L. Hunt	Las Vegas	1942	2000–2011	2007–2011	2011–present	Clinton
19	Senior Judge	Kent Dawson	Las Vegas	1944	2000–2012	—	2012–present	Clinton
20	Senior Judge	Larry R. Hicks	Reno	1943	2001–2012	—	2012–present	G.W. Bush
22	Senior Judge	Robert Clive Jones	Reno	1947	2003–2016	2011–2014	2016–present	G.W. Bush

Vacancies and pending nominations

Seat	Seat last held by	Vacancy reason	Date of vacancy	Nominee	Date of nomination
4	Robert Clive Jones	Senior Status	February 1, 2016	Anne Rachel Traum	April 28, 2016

Former judges

#	Judge	State	Born–died	Active service	Chief Judge	Age at appointment	Senior status	Appointed by	Reason for termination
1	Baldwin, Alexander WhiteAlexander White Baldwin	NV	1835–1869	1865–1869	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Lincoln, Lincoln	death
2	Hillyer, Edgar WintersEdgar Winters Hillyer	NV	1830–1882	1869–1882	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Grant, Grant	death
3	Sabin, George MyronGeorge Myron Sabin	NV	1833–1890	1882–1890	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Arthur, Arthur	death
4	Hawley, Thomas PorterThomas Porter Hawley	NV	1830–1907	1890–1906	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Harrison, Harrison	retirement
5	Farrington, Edward SilsbyEdward Silsby Farrington	NV	1856–1929	1907–1928	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	1928–1929	Roosevelt, T.T. Roosevelt	death
6	Norcross, Frank HerbertFrank Herbert Norcross	NV	1869–1952	1928–1945	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	1945–1952	Coolidge, Coolidge	death
7	Foley, Roger ThomasRoger Thomas Foley	NV	1886–1974	1945–1957	1954–1957	{{{age at appointment}}}	1957–1974	Roosevelt, F.F. Roosevelt	death
8	Ross, John RollyJohn Rolly Ross	NV	1899–1963	1954–1963	1961–1963	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Eisenhower, Eisenhower	death
9	Foley, Roger D.Roger D. Foley	NV	1917–1996	1962–1982	1963–1980	{{{age at appointment}}}	1982–1996	Kennedy, Kennedy	death
10	Thompson, Bruce RutherfordBruce Rutherford Thompson	NV	1911–1992	1963–1978	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	1978–1992	Kennedy, Kennedy	death
11	Claiborne, Harry E.Harry E. Claiborne	NV	1917–2004	1978–1986	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Carter, Carter	removal[Note 1]
12	Reed Jr., Edward CorneliusEdward Cornelius Reed Jr.	NV	1924–2013	1979–1992	1986–1992	{{{age at appointment}}}	1992–2013	Carter, Carter	death
15	Pro, Philip MartinPhilip Martin Pro	NV	1946–present	1987–2011	2002–2007	{{{age at appointment}}}	2011–2015	Reagan, Reagan	retirement
16	Hagen, David WarnerDavid Warner Hagen	NV	1931–present	1993–2003	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	2003–2005	Clinton, Clinton	retirement
17	Rawlinson, Johnnie B.Johnnie B. Rawlinson	NV	1952–present	1998–2000	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Clinton, Clinton	reappointment
23	Sandoval, BrianBrian Sandoval	NV	1963–present	2005–2009	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Bush, G.W.G.W. Bush	resignation

1. Impeached and convicted

Succession of seats

Seat 1 Seat established on February 27, 1865 by 13 Stat. 440 Baldwin 1865–1869 Hillyer 1869–1882 Sabin 1882–1890 Hawley 1890–1906 Farrington 1907–1928 Norcross 1928–1945 R.T. Foley 1945–1957 Seat abolished on April 1, 1957 (temporary judgeship expired)

Seat 2 Seat established on February 10, 1954 by 68 Stat. 8 (temporary) Seat became permanent upon the abolition of Seat 1 on April 1, 1957 Ross 1954–1963 Thompson 1963–1978 Claiborne 1978–1986 Pro 1987–2011 Boulware II 2014–present

Seat 3 Seat established on May 19, 1961 by 75 Stat. 80 R.D. Foley 1962–1982 George 1984–1997 Rawlinson 1998–2000 Hicks 2001–2012 Dorsey 2013–present

Seat 4 Seat established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629 Reed, Jr. 1979–1992 Hagen 1993–2003 Jones 2003–2016 vacant 2016–present

Seat 5 Seat established on July 10, 1984 by 98 Stat. 333 McKibben 1984–2005 Sandoval 2005–2009 Navarro 2010–present

Seat 6 Seat established on November 29, 1999 by 113 Stat. 1501 Hunt 2000–2011 Du 2012–present

Seat 7 Seat established on November 29, 1999 by 113 Stat. 1501 Dawson 2000–2012 Gordon 2013–present

Seat 8 Seat established on December 21, 2000 by 114 Stat. 2762 Mahan 2002–present

Courthouses

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

Las Vegas

Coordinates: 36°09′54″N 115°08′34″W / 36.16510°N 115.14270°W 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. Blast-resistance tests for the project were conducted at the Department of Defense’s Large Blast Thermal Simulator in White Sands, New Mexico to validate building performance under blast loads.^[2]

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.^[3][4]

Reno

The Bruce R. Thompson Courthouse and Federal Building was completed in 1996. The building's primary tenants are the U.S. District Court, U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services, Nevada Senators, and the Corporation for National Community Services.^[5]

See also

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

References

Notes

1. Lloyd D. George US Courthouse and Federal Building Project WEIDLINGER ASSOCIATES INC
2. http://www.enclos.com/project/lloyd_d._george_united_states_courthouse/
3. Court officer killed, federal marshal wounded in shooting inside lobby of Las Vegas courthouse
4. Courthouse gunman has history of brushes with law, Cara McCoy, Las Vegas Sun, January 5, 2010
5. Bruce R. Thompson Courthouse and Federal Building

External links

• United States District Court – District of Nevada