Reading Room Document

Temporary Filling of Vacancies in the Office of United States Attorney

Two statutes that provide for the temporary filling of vacancies in the office of United States Attorney, 28 U.S.C. § 546 and 5 U.S.C. §§ 3345—3349d, operate independently, and either or both may be used for a particular vacancy. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/18976/download.

September 5, 2003