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Federal Judge Rules Sigal Chattah Unlawfully Served as Nevada's U.S. Attorney
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Federal Judge Rules Sigal Chattah Unlawfully Served as Nevada’s U.S. Attorney
— Latricia May (@shawnone.bsky.social) 2025-10-01T16:09:19.972Z
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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Sigal Chattah, a Trump loyalist and appointee, has been unlawfully serving as Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada since late July.
U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro, appointed by former President Barack Obama, concluded that Chattah’s continued service after her 120-day interim appointment expired stemmed from a series of manipulative personnel moves that violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act (FVRA).
“The FVRA is a carefully crafted assertion of Congress’s power under Article II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution,” Navarro wrote. “Its purpose would be defeated if the Executive Branch – the very branch Congress was trying to constrain – could choose whomever it wanted, whenever it wanted, and fill the vacancy simply by declaring that person to be first assistant.”
The ruling is the second time within two months that a federal court has struck down the Trump administration’s efforts to keep a hand-picked loyalist in power without Senate confirmation. In August, a judge in New Jersey ruled that Alina Habba had been illegally serving as U.S. Attorney there under a nearly identical scheme.
U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro, appointed by former President Barack Obama, concluded that Chattah’s continued service after her 120-day interim appointment expired stemmed from a series of manipulative personnel moves that violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act (FVRA).
“The FVRA is a carefully crafted assertion of Congress’s power under Article II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution,” Navarro wrote. “Its purpose would be defeated if the Executive Branch – the very branch Congress was trying to constrain – could choose whomever it wanted, whenever it wanted, and fill the vacancy simply by declaring that person to be first assistant.”
The ruling is the second time within two months that a federal court has struck down the Trump administration’s efforts to keep a hand-picked loyalist in power without Senate confirmation. In August, a judge in New Jersey ruled that Alina Habba had been illegally serving as U.S. Attorney there under a nearly identical scheme.