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Commission on Judicial Discipline criticized, prompting Shearing and Thompson to apologize and agree "to refrain from negative campaigning in the future." Shearing became the
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Shearing served on the court for twelve years, and was named chief justice in 1997. She ran unopposed for reelection in 1998. Shearing announced in April 2003 that she would not seek a third term, and retired on
January 4, 2005, at the conclusion of her second term in office.
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525:"Justice Miriam Shearing: Nevada's Trailblazing Minimalist"
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Chief Judge of the Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada
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162:Steven P. Shearing (m. 1954–d. 2011)
121:January 1983 – January 1993
67:January 1993 – January 2005
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