Catherine Ramsey
Catherine Ramsey was a 2016 candidate for the 8th Judicial District Court in Nevada.[1] She was defeated in the primary election on June 14, 2016.[1]
Ramsey is a municipal court judge in North Las Vegas. An effort to recall her from that position was launched in March 2015. Proponents submitted the necessary amount of signatures, but Ramsey filed a petition for an emergency injunction to put a stop to the recall attempt against her. She claimed that the Nevada Constitution does not allow recall of judges and that the recall effort against her was illegal. Clark County District Court Judge Louis Eric Johnson, whom she challenged in the 2016 election, ruled against her, declaring that the power of recall does extend to judges in Nevada. Ramsey appealed the district court decision to the Nevada Supreme Court.[2]
In August 2016, Ramsey reached a settlement with the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline in which she was suspended without pay for the final three months of her term and prohibited from seeking re-election in 2017.[3]
Learn more about the recall effort here: Catherine Ramsey recall, North Las Vegas, Nevada (2016).
Biography
Ramsey received an associate degree in law from Clark County Community College in 1988, a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1992, and a J.D. from William S. Boyd School of Law in 2001. She was elected to the municipal court in 2011. Prior to that, she served as a deputy district attorney for Clark County and as a prosecutor for the City Attorney’s Office in North Las Vegas.[4]
Elections
2016
Nevada held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on June 14, 2016.[5] Incumbent Louis Eric Johnson and Anat Levy defeated Catherine Ramsey and Scott Holper in the Nevada Judicial District 8 primary election for Department 20.[1]
| Nevada Judicial District 8 (Department 20), Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Louis Eric Johnson Incumbent |
45.18% | 58,579 |
| Anat Levy |
24.30% | 31,508 |
| Catherine Ramsey | 21.76% | 28,210 |
| Scott Holper | 8.76% | 11,359 |
| Total Votes | 129,656 | |
| Source: Nevada Secretary of State, "Official Primary Judicial Results," accessed October 19, 2016 | ||
Selection method
- See also: Nonpartisan election of judges
The 72 judges of the Nevada District Courts are elected to six-year terms in nonpartisan elections. To serve additional terms, judges must run for re-election.[6]
Each district court selects its chief judge to a two-year term by peer vote. Not every district court is required to select a chief judge; only in districts with populations over 100,000 are the courts required to choose one.[6]
Qualifications
To serve on the Nevada District Courts, a judge must be:[6]
- a qualified elector;
- a state resident for two years;
- a district resident;
- at least 25 years old;
- licensed and admitted to practice law in Nevada; and
- a licensed attorney for 15 years with at least two years in Nevada.
Recent news
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See also
- Courts in Nevada
- Local trial court judicial elections, 2016
- Nevada local trial court judicial elections, 2016
- Catherine Ramsey recall, North Las Vegas, Nevada (2016)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Clark County, Nevada, "Candidate Filing," accessed January 19, 2016
- ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Judge Ramsey petitions to halt recall, cites state law," June 4, 2015
- ↑ Las Vegas Review Journal, "North Las Vegas judge barred from re-election run, suspended without pay," August 24, 2016
- ↑ City of North Las Vegas, "Judge Catherine Ramsey," accessed May 26, 2016
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Candidate Dates," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Nevada," archived October 3, 2014
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Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Nevada • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Nevada
State courts:
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State resources:
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