The Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection will accept applications from qualified Nevada attorneys until February 24, 2012, to fill the vacancy at the Second Judicial District Court that resulted from the death of District Judge Robert H. Perry, Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Nancy M. Saitta announced.
Governor Brian Sandoval filled two vacancies on the District Court in Elko by naming Nancy Lynn Porter the county’s first woman district judge and also appointing Elko Justice of the Peace and Municipal Court Judge Alvin R. Kacin, III, to a seat on the Fourth Judicial District Court.
The District Court seats in Elko County became vacant because of the death of District Judge Andrew Puccinelli and the retirement of District Judge Michael Memeo.