A detailed chronology of events in the dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy.
Dates that attorneys were sworn in under a presidential nomination and United States Senate confirmation (some may have already been serving under interim appointment, in anticipation of senate confirmation).[1][2]
Dismissed U.S. attorneys summary ( ) | |||||
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Dismissed attorney |
Effective date of resignation |
Federal district | Replacement1 | ||
Dismissed December 7, 2006 | |||||
1. | David Iglesias | Dec 19, 2006 | New Mexico | Larry Gomez | |
2. | Kevin V. Ryan | Jan 16, 2007 | Northern California | Scott Schools | |
3. | John McKay | Jan 26, 2007 | Western Washington | Jeffrey C. Sullivan | |
4. | Paul K. Charlton | Jan 31, 2007 | Arizona | Daniel G. Knauss | |
5. | Carol Lam | Feb 15, 2007 | Southern California | Karen Hewitt | |
6. | Daniel Bogden | Feb 28, 2007 | Nevada | Steven Myhre | |
7. | Margaret Chiara | Mar 16, 2007 | Western Michigan | Russell C. Stoddard | |
Others dismissed in 2006 | |||||
1. | Todd Graves | Mar 24, 20062 | Western Missouri | Bradley Schlozman6 | |
2. | Bud Cummins | Dec 20, 20063 | Eastern Arkansas | Tim Griffin5 | |
Dismissed in 2005 | |||||
1. | Thomas M. DiBiagio | Jan 2, 20054 | Maryland | Allen F. Loucks | |
2. | Kasey Warner | Jul 20054 | Southern W. Virginia | Charles T. Miller | |
1Source: Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys Offices 2Informed of dismissal January 2006. |
Three of these interim appointees, for the Southern District of Illinois, the District of Puerto Rico and the Southern District of West Virginia, along with those in two other districts, were appointed to be interim United States Attorneys after serving a 210-day term as Acting United States Attorney under the Vacancies Act. Acting under the guidance of what we believe to be an erroneous opinion of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, the Administration has been employing this misguided approach to put somebody in place for 330 days without the advice and consent of the Senate. This approach runs afoul of Congressional intent and the law.
Hagen received the highest possible ratings for her work as liaison between the Justice Department and the U.S. attorneys' committee on Native American issues. Her final job evaluation lists five categories for supervisors to rank her performance. For each category, a neat X fills the box marked, "Outstanding." And at the bottom of the page, under "overall rating level", she also got the top mark: Outstanding.
The form is dated February 1, 2007. Several months before that evaluation, Hagen was told her contract would not be renewed.
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