United States of America v. 400 Acres of Land, more or less, situate in Lincoln County, State of Nevada

Filing 544

ORDER re attached disclosure statements : The Clerk of Court is directed to provide a copy of this order to the Land Commissioners by email: (1) The Honorable Philip M. Pro; (2) The Honorable Peggy A. Leen; and (3) The Honorable Justice Michael L. Douglas. (Specified emails sent 11/13/2019.) Signed by Chief Judge Miranda M. Du on 11/12/2019. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Case No. 2:15-cv-01743-MMD-NJK

Plaintiff,

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ORDER

v.
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400 ACRES OF LAND, more or less,
situate in Lincoln County, State of Nevada;
and JESSIE J. COX, et al.,

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Defendants.
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The Court recently received the attached disclosure statements from Land

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Commissioners the Honorable Philip M. Pro and the Honorable Peggy A. Leen.1 The Court

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has reviewed the disclosures. The Court notes that Judge Pro indicates he is a partial

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owner of JAMS, and that Judge Leen indicates she is not. The Court finds that nothing in

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the disclosures necessitates the Court take any action at this time, but passes them on to

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the parties through this order—for the parties’ consideration.

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The Clerk of Court is directed to provide a copy of this order to the Land

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Commissioners by email: (1) The Honorable Philip M. Pro; (2) The Honorable Peggy A.

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Leen; and (3) The Honorable Justice Michael L. Douglas.

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DATED THIS 12th day of November 2019.

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MIRANDA M. DU
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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The Land Commissioners explain in a cover letter accompanying their disclosures
that they are sending them out of an abundance of caution, and in response to the Ninth
Circuit’s decision in Monster Energy Co. v. City Beverages, LLC, 940 F.3d 1130 (9th Cir.
2019). There, the Ninth Circuit held as a matter of first impression that arbitrators must
disclose ownership interests in arbitration organizations and those organizations’ business
deals with parties to the arbitration.