Nevada Code § 1.440

Jurisdiction of Commission over judges; filing of complaint or action relating to proceeding of Commission; appointment of justices of the peace and municipal judges to Commission
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1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 2, the Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over the public
censure, removal, involuntary retirement and other discipline of judges which
is coextensive with its jurisdiction over justices of the Supreme Court and
must be exercised in the same manner and under the same rules.
2. If a judge is licensed to practice law
in this State:
(a) The State Bar of Nevada has jurisdiction over
disciplinary action for acts or omissions that occurred before the date on
which the judge entered upon the duties of office; and
(b) The Commission has jurisdiction over the
public censure, removal, involuntary retirement and other discipline imposed as
a result of an act or omission that occurs on and after the date on which the
judge enters upon the duties of office.
3. Any complaint or action, including,
without limitation, an interlocutory action or appeal, filed in connection with
any proceeding of the Commission must be filed in the Supreme Court. Any such
complaint or action filed in a court other than the Supreme Court shall be
presumed to be frivolous and intended solely for the purposes of delay.
4. The Supreme Court shall appoint two
justices of the peace and two municipal judges to sit on the Commission for
formal, public proceedings against a justice of the peace or a municipal judge,
respectively. Justices of the peace and municipal judges so appointed must be
designated by an order of the Supreme Court to sit for such proceedings in
place of and to serve for the same terms as the regular members of the
Commission appointed by the Supreme Court.

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