Max Bunch Reprimanded

Max Bunch, a Senior Judge for the Union Township Justice Court in Humboldt County, Nevada, was publicly reprimanded by the state Commission on Judicial Discipline over an extreme delay in a DUI case. Bunch held an evidentiary hearing on a defense motion to suppress evidence on September 29, 2021, but did not issue his order granting the motion until September 27, 2024 — nearly three years later. During that period, counsel filed a joint request for review in November 2022, and the District Attorney's office filed a motion for a status hearing in August 2024; a status hearing scheduled for October 2, 2024 was canceled only after the suppression order finally issued. Bunch waived his right to contest the allegations and consented to the public reprimand for violating the Nevada Code of Judicial Conduct.