Ninth Circuit blocks DOJ’s Nevada acting U.S. attorney appointment
TL;DR
A federal appeals court in the Ninth Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that Sigal Chattah could not lead Nevada’s U.S. Attorney’s Office, ruling the Justice Department could not lawfully keep her in charge after her interim term under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act or via delegated authority, effectively blocking a push to install an acting U.S. attorney without Senate confirmation and highlighting limits on appointing allies outside the traditional process.
Topics:nationpolitics#acting-u-s-attorney#blue-slip#federal-vacancies-reform-act#ninth-circuit#politics#sigal-chattah
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