§ 715. Staff attorneys and technical assistants

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1982

   Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982

   Pub. L. 97–164 title I § 120(c)(1) · 96 Stat. 25

   Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 715

   (Added Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 120(c)(1), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 34.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Added Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 120(c)(1), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 34.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Chapter 47 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sections: “§ 714. Criers and messengers “(a) Each court of appeals may appoint a crier who shall be subject to removal by the court. “(b) The crier, with the approval of the court, may appoint necessary messengers in such number as the Director of the Administra-tive Office of the United States Courts may approve. The crier may remove such messengers with the approval of the court. The crier shall also perform the duties of bailiff and messenger. “§ 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.”.

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