District Court Judge Elizabeth Halverson appeared before a Nevada State Judicial Disciplinary Panel today after being suspended from her position for inappropriate behavior.
Among the complaints filed against Judge Elizabeth Halverson are that she fell asleep while hearing a case, asked her bailiff for massages, called her courtroom staff inappropriate names and improperly communicated with jurors. She hasn’t heard a case in over a year.
The 50 year-old judge was going to represent her self in her disciplinary case, but she chose to work with an attorney. She portends that she was not asleep at the bench but that momentary unconsciousness is symptom of a medical condition. She is bound to a wheelchair.
The disciplinary case of Judge Elizabeth Halverson is expected to continue throughout the week. If she is found guilty of the charges leveled against her, she might be permanently banned from the courthouse.
Source: KVBC.com