28 U.S.C. § 712
Law clerks and secretaries
Circuit judges may appoint necessary law clerks and secretaries. A law clerk appointed under this section shall be exempt from the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, unless specifically included by the appointing judge or by local rule of court.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1931–1988 · leading case: Cutright v. United States, 15 Cl. Ct. 576 (Ct. Cl. 1988).
Cutright v. United States, 15 Cl. Ct. 576 (Ct. Cl. 1988). “§ 631 (1982), secretaries and law clerks for circuit judges, district judges, claims court judges, bankruptcy judges and United States magistrates by their respective courts, 28 U.S.C. §§ 712 , 752, 794, 156, 635 (1982 & Supp.”
United States v. Best, 76 F. Supp. 138 (D. Mass. 1948). “It does not seem that the rule was enlarged to include witnesses residing in foreign countries. Furthermore, authority for an order of the court to issue subpoenas on application of the Attorney General to witnesses beyond the jurisdiction of the United States is confined to…”
Blackmer v. United States, 49 F.2d 523 (D.C. Cir. 1931). “Section 2 (28 USCA § 712) provides that whenever the attendance, at the trial of any criminal action, of a witness who is beyond the jurisdiction of the United States, “is desired by the Attorney General or any assistant or district attorney acting under him, the judge of the…”
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