Judge denies legal fees in Clark County Republican Party lawsuit

A Clark County justice connected Tuesday denied a petition to grant ineligible fees successful a lawsuit of 2 bickering factions of the Clark County Republican Party.

It’s the latest judicial determination successful a months-long conflict betwixt 2 opposing groups that assertion to beryllium the rightful leaders of the Clark County GOP.

During a proceeding Tuesday morning, District Judge Susan Johnson said she did not deliberation a faction present led by authorities Sen. Carrie Buck, R-Henderson, acted successful atrocious religion erstwhile it sued Jesse Law and his squad implicit enactment positions successful the region party.

“I deliberation some sides of the array present attraction astir what is going connected successful Nevada,” Johnson said. “And they disagree, and I privation they would travel to the array and spot if they could not resoluteness their differences.”

That’s improbable to happen, arsenic Nevada Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald, who supports Law’s group, has vowed to reason anyone who sides with Buck.

McDonald said helium has tried to widen the olive subdivision to members of Buck’s radical implicit the past fewer years.

“Each and each clip I’ve had a weapon stabbed successful my back,” helium said.

Buck said she is unfastened to gathering with her opponents successful the Republican Party. She said her side’s extremity is to decision Democrats successful 2022 and anyone is invited to join.

Law did not instrumentality a reporter’s telephone call.

The lawsuit Johnson heard Tuesday comes from a quality implicit a enactment enactment predetermination successful July.

After a gathering ended without selecting a caller enforcement team, a radical called the process backmost into bid and elected Jesse Law arsenic president days later.

At the time, acting enactment enactment considered the follow-up gathering fraudulent, filing a suit against Law and his squad successful August. Johnson yet decided that she did not person the authorization to rule successful a governmental party’s interior dispute.

Law’s broadside has been recognized by authorities and nationalist Republicans arsenic the morganatic Clark County Republican Party. Both groups are arguing successful a separate lawsuit implicit who should power enactment assets.

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