Acting federal prosecutors
United States v. Devonte Devon Jackson
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- The United States has asked the Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit dispute over whether someone who becomes an office’s first assistant after a vacancy can temporarily serve as acting officer, and whether someone else can receive all of the vacant office’s duties that may be delegated.
- What's at stake
- The petition asks whether a first assistant who takes the job after a vacancy, or another person, may perform duties of the vacant office; the Supreme Court has not resolved that question.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Federal Vacancies Reform Act sets rules for who may temporarily perform duties of certain federal offices requiring presidential appointment and Senate confirmation.
Question presented
1. Whether a person who becomes the first assistant after a vacancy arises is ineligible to be the acting officer under Section 3345(a)(1). 2. Whether Section 3347(a) prohibits a person who is not an acting officer under Section 3345(a) from being delegated all of the duties of a vacant office that may be delegated to others and that are not exclusive to the vacant office.
What happens next
The Court must decide whether to hear the case. No oral argument or decision window is set before review is granted.
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