United States Ninth Circuit

In a suit challenging the Attorney General's removal of plaintiff from her position as a United States Trustee as a violation of the separation of powers doctrine, the Appointments Clause, and her right to procedural due process, dismissal of the suit is affirmed on alternate grounds where none of the trustee's constitutional claims presented even colorable arguments.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/14/2006
• Decided 01/16/2007
• Published 01/16/2007

Judges

• McKEOWN, Circuit Judge., Before A. WALLACE TASHIMA and M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judges, and DAVID O. CARTER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Howard Moore, Jr., Moore and Moore, Oakland, CA, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Todd M. Hughes, Assistant Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the appellee.