November 6, 2026 - 4:34 pm

A Clark County District Court judge who has overseen high profile murder cases is leaving the bench to become a mediator.

District Judge Jacqueline Bluth, who was appointed by Gov. Steve Sisolak in 2019 and is one of the judges who handles homicide cases, said the decision was difficult.

But, she said, “I don’t feel like I’m leaving the pursuit of justice. I feel like I’m achieving it now through a different way.”

Bluth first walked into the Regional Justice Center as a 25-year-old interning for District Judge Mark Denton and never left, she said.

Now 44, she worked as a prosecutor before taking the bench. “I really think being a judge will always be the privilege and honor of my lifetime,” she said in a Thursday interview at her office.

Her resignation is effective Jan. 5. The Nevada Commission on Judicial Selection will fill the vacancy and applications are due Nov.…