EXECUTIVE ORDER 2024-001
Order Designating the Honorable Judge Egan Walker to Sit In City of Las Vegas v. 180 Land Co., LLC
WHEREAS, it has been made to appear before me by formal request and statement from the Honorable Lidia S. Stiglich, Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court; and
WHEREAS, at least one Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court is disqualified from hearing the case named below; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that such causes be submitted for consideration and decision before a full court; and
WHEREAS, Article 6, Section 4, Subsection 2 of the Nevada Constitution provides: "In case of the disability or disqualification, for any cause, of a justice of the Supreme Court, the Governor may designate a judge of the court of appeals or a district judge to sit in the place of the disqualified or disabled justice. The judge designated by the Governor is entitled to receive his actual expense of travel and otherwise while sitting in the Supreme Court"; and
WHEREAS, Article 5, Section 1 of the Nevada Constitution provides: "The supreme executive power of this State, shall be vested in a Chief Magistrate who shall be Governor of the State of Nevada."
NOW, THEREFORE by the authority vested in me as Governor by the Constitution and laws of the State of Nevada and the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
SECTION 1:
The Honorable Egan Walker, a District Judge of the Second Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, is hereby designated to sit in the following cause of action: City of Las Vegas v. 180 Land Co., LLC, Case No. 84345 c/w 84640;
SECTION 2:
Judge Walker is further designated to hear and act in respect to said cause and matter, and the matters properly connected therewith until a decision therein has been finally reached; and
SECTION 3:
Judge Walker is authorized to discharge according to law the duties of said office and enjoy the same together with all the powers and privileges thereunder appearing until said causes be finally decided and determined by the Nevada Supreme Court.