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Eugene

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Thu Mar 28, 2013, 07:32 PM Mar 2013

Nevada legislature ousts lawmaker, as "personal matters" cited

Source: Reuters

Nevada legislature ousts lawmaker, as "personal matters" cited

By Laura Zuckerman
Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:42pm EDT

(Reuters) - The Nevada State Assembly voted on Thursday to expel Democratic Assemblyman Steven Brooks, in the first ouster of its kind in the history of the state legislature.

Brooks had been on administrative leave from the Assembly since just one week after the legislature convened on February 4, after he was arrested twice in separate incidents in January and February.

In January, Brooks was jailed on suspicion of leveling a death threat against the incoming Assembly speaker, Marilyn Kirkpatrick, a Democrat from North Las Vegas.

Police say they found Brooks driving around with a handgun and 41 rounds of ammunition when they arrested him on January 19.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/28/us-usa-lawmaker-nevada-idUSBRE92R13520130328
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Nevada legislature ousts lawmaker, as "personal matters" cited (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2013 OP
He needs to be diagnosed for mental instability. LiberalFighter Mar 2013 #1
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