§ 715. — Staff attorneys and technical assistants.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC715]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART III--COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 47--COURTS OF APPEALS
Sec. 715. Staff attorneys and technical assistants
(a) The chief judge of each court of appeals, with the approval of
the court, may appoint a senior staff attorney, who shall be subject to
removal by the chief judge with the approval of the court.
(b) The senior staff attorney, with the approval of the chief judge,
may appoint necessary staff attorneys and secretarial and clerical
employees in such numbers as the Director of the Administrative Office
of the United States Courts may approve, but in no event may the number
of staff attorneys exceed the number of positions expressly authorized
in an annual appropriation Act. The senior staff attorney may remove
such staff attorneys and secretarial and clerical employees with the
approval of the chief judge.
(c) The chief judge of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit,
with the approval of the court, may appoint a senior technical assistant
who shall be subject to removal by the chief judge with the approval of
the court.
(d) The senior technical assistant, with the approval of the court,
may appoint necessary technical assistants in such number as the
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may
approve, but in no event may the number of technical assistants in the
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit exceed the number of circuit
judges in regular active service within such circuit. The senior
technical assistant may remove such technical assistants with the
approval of the court.
(Added Pub. L. 97-164, title I, Sec. 120(c)(1), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat.
34.)
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402 of Pub. L. 97-164,
set out as an Effective Date of 1982 Amendment note under section 171 of
this title.
