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2 unusual facts about United States District Court for the District of Nevada


Sevcik v. Sandoval

Sevcik v. Sandoval (D.Nev 2012) is a federal case challenging the State of Nevada's denial of same-sex marriage as prohibited by Nevada's constitution and statutory law.

United States District Court for the District of Nevada

Cases from the District of Nevada are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).


2009 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

Brown v. Farwell, No: 03-00712, 2006 WL 6181129 (D. Nev. Dec. 14, 2006); aff'd, 525 F.3d 787 (9th Cir. 2008); cert. granted, 555 U.S. (2009)

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On August 22, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Jones agreed with the plaintiffs and struck down the law allowing the option as unconstitutional.

Roger L. Hunt

Roger L. Hunt (born 1942) is a Senior United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.


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Richard Franklin Boulware II

On January 16, 2014, President Obama nominated Boulware to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, to the seat vacated by Judge Philip Martin Pro, who took senior status on December 31, 2011.