Judge Betty Binns Fletcher, considered a liberal stalwart of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for decades, has died at age 89, a spokesman for the court said Tuesday.

Fletcher passed away Monday night. The cause was not immediately known, 9th Circuit spokesman David Madden said.

Appointed to the bench by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, she was known for rulings upholding affirmative action, allowing claims of workplace discrimination to proceed, overturning death penalty cases and protecting the environment. She was one of the first female partners at a major law firm in the country, and the second woman appointed to the 9th Circuit.

"She had experienced discrimination herself in her life, and her perspective included looking out for the downtrodden, the little person — but always within the framework of the law," Seattle U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik said.

Fletcher kept hearing cases until the end, he added, and she remained sharp even as her body failed her.

Many of Fletcher's favorite opinions were overturned by an increasingly conservative U.S. Supreme Court, her son, 9th Circuit Judge William A. Fletcher, wrote in a 2010 tribute. He called it her "distinguished record of reversals."

San Diego court officials say budget cuts will force them to cut more than 40 court reporters by the end of year.

The North County Times reports that without the reporters who take verbatim notes of hearings, there will be no record of what is said in courtrooms that handle many civil cases.

Court clerks will keep a record of rulings by a judge, although without a detailed account of a hearing, some litigants may have a difficult time appealing a decision.

The cuts are part of an effort to reduce spending by $11 million for San Diego's courts this fiscal year.

Eleven court reporters agreed to an early retirement and 30 court reporters will be laid off.

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Nevada's Supreme Court has reached a milestone this week after hitting its 60,000th case.

Court officials say Monday that the distinction went to an appeal in a complex homeowner's association case with 74 defendants.

Supreme Court officials say that filings at the Nevada's only appellate court have been growing rapidly as the state's population has increased.

It took 112 years of statehood for the court to hit 10,000 cases. That milestone came Aug. 12, 1977.

But it took just more than four years to accrue the most recent 10,000 cases. The court hit 50,000 cases in August 2007.

Chief Justice Nancy Saitta says the number of cases is memorable, but also points to a backlog that delays resolving the legal matters.

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Principal Attorney
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Mr. Heitman earned his degree in civil engineering from Georgia Tech in 1992. Upon graduation, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya from 1992 until 1994. Once he had returned from Kenya, he worked building heavy civil construction projects throughout the Southeastern United States. He earned his licenses as a Florida Professional Engineer and Florida Certified General Contractor in 1999. 

Mr. Heitman earned his law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law and his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Samford University 2005.  He was admitted to the Florida bar in 2005. Mr. Heitman is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States.

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