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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 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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