A controversial Las Vegas, Nevada, Judge is in hot water over two social media posts. On January 24, Clark County District Court Judge Erika Ballou was hit with disciplinary charges filed by Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline’s Special Counsel Francis Flaherty.
According to the complaint, the first social media post cited was published while Ballou attended an iHeartRadio’s Life is Beautiful concert in Las Vegas on September 19, 2021. At 10:46 p.m. Ballou posted what the charging document describes as “inappropriate statements about her judicial duties.”
Ballou wrote,
Life is STILL beautiful, despite the fact that Bille Eilish doesn’t START for 30 minutes and I have an 8:30 calendar tomorrow.
Ballou’s Instagram post included hashtags that read “VacateTheS–tOuttaOutofCustodyCases” and #WherelnTheWorldIsCarmenSanDiego.”
Special Counsel Flaherty alleges that this post…
