Nevada Appellate Lawyer & Attorney : Tami D. Cowden : Nevada Supreme Court, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Local papers report on the U.S. Attorney’s office to add seven attorneys, plus additional staff, positions that had been unfunded.

Senator Ensign stated that he had muted criticism of AG Alberto Gonzales over the firing of former Nevada U.S. Attorney Dan Bogden while trying to get the staffing needed. Apparently unconscious of the political trade his muted criticism constituted, Ensign stated "I wanted to make sure that instead of playing politics, we were solving a problem. . . .”

See the report in the R-J: U.S. attorney's office to add staff in Nevada, Ensign says

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Local sparring between judges is heating up to what surely must be unprecedented levels.

The R-J reports that Eighth Judicial District Court Judge Elizabeth Halverson was banned from the Justice Center on Thursday, because she had employed personal body guards and allowed them to by pass security measures. Chief Judge Hardcastle’s administrative order is said to assert that Judges Stewart Bell, Art Ritchie and Betsy Gonzalez recommended to Hardcastle that she bar Halverson from the bench until Halverson agrees to meet with them and "provide assurances that her disruptive behavior and threats to courthouse security will no longer continue." 

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The R-J reports today that Deputy AG Paul McNulty expressed regret for firing Dan Bogden, but merely went along with the list created by Gonzales' aides.  Click here for the story.

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U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales's senate testimony began at 9:30 am today.  The Washington Post had reported that Gonzales' prepared testimony has him admitting mistakes in the dismissal of eight U.S. Attorneys, including Nevada's Danial Bogden, but that Gonzales will claim only a marginal role in the decision process.

Senator Arlan Spector, the panel's senior Republican,  told Gonzales the purpose of the hearing was to determine whether  the Attorney General  should keep his job, saying it was the equivalent of a a reconfirmation hearing.

Gonzales claimed he had nothing to hide, but apologized for "missteps that have helped to fuel the controversy.  Spector said the testimony was “significantly if not totally at variance with the facts.”

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