District Court Judge Erika Ballou was suspended from the bench for six months without pay Monday for defying a Nevada Supreme Court order. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_VerduzcoDistrict Court Judge Erika Ballou was suspended from the bench for six months without pay Monday for defying a Nevada Supreme Court order. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfayeA Las Vegas judge accused of defying the Nevada Supreme Court will be suspended from the bench for six months without pay, the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline ruled in a Monday order. “What Judge Ballou did is what a judge is supposed to do,” Ballou’s attorney Tom Pitaro told the panel at a hearing last month. District Judge Elizabeth Halverson was suspended with pay in 2007 and eventually barred from being a judge in Nevada again.