Ninth Circuit upholds lower court ruling against Chattah

By: Dana Gentry

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: August 18, 2026

Words: 325

Last Updated: 3 hours, 58 minutes ago

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Sigal Chattah, who has remained atop Nevada’s U.S. Attorney’s office even though her appointment expired a year ago, is illegally holding on to the post, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Monday.

The three-judge panel upheld U.S. District Judge David Campbell’s disqualification of Chattah’s participation in prosecutions.

The case, Judge Eric Miller wrote, “presented the question whether the Attorney General can make someone an Acting U.S. Attorney—bypassing the usual requirement that …

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