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Nevada Commission on Ethics authorizes appeal of Rodriguez ruling; elects Scott Shearer chair
Summary
The Nevada Commission on Ethics voted to authorize commission counsel to appeal a district court order that overturned the commission’s opinion in an ethics case involving Joseph Rodriguez. The commission also elected Commissioner Scott Shearer as chair and Commissioner Kim Wallen as vice chair.
The Nevada Commission on Ethics voted to authorize its commission counsel to file a notice of appeal after a district court granted judicial review and overturned the commission’s opinion in a case concerning Joseph Rodriguez.
Commission counsel Bassett told the commission, “Earlier this month, the court, issued an order granting his petition for judicial review, and overturning the Commission’s, opinion.” Bassett recommended an appeal on the basis that the court misapplied the commission’s precedent and the “limited use exception,” and that the court “shifted the burden of proving some of the factors to the commission as opposed to the subject.”
The commission voted to grant counsel authority to file a notice of appeal in Second Judicial…
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