The government filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court to review the disqualification of Segal Chata as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada.
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The Lawfare PodcastSep 14, 2026
Multiple sources, including a Reuters wire report and a CourtListener docket entry, confirm the Solicitor General filed a certiorari petition with the Supreme Court on September 8-9, 2026 to overturn the Ninth Circuit's ruling disqualifying Sigal Chattah (spelled 'Segal Chata' in the claim) from serving as Nevada's top federal prosecutor.
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… Roger, we have three developments in three separate questions of whether three separate U.S. Attorneys or acting U.S. Attorneys have been legally appointed. What are they? Okay, I think we can do this fast. Uhm, uh, the government has filed a cert petition uh with the Supreme Court to, uh, to review the disqualification of, uhm, Segal Chata. She was the uh the would-be U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada, and uh her, she was one of these cases where the administration tried to manipulate, or manipulate was found to have violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. …
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Supports. Reuters reports that the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court in a petition filed Tuesday to overturn the Ninth Circuit decision disqualifying Sigal Chattah from supervising criminal cases as Nevada's lead federal prosecutor.[1]
Supports. A CourtListener docket entry records a Government Notice of Filing of Petition for Certiorari dated 09/09/26, with the Supreme Court filing dated 09/08/26 under case number 26-304.[2]
Supports. Another report describes the Solicitor General's writ of certiorari petition, filed on Tuesday, arguing the Ninth Circuit erred in ruling Chattah was unlawfully appointed.[3]
Context. The Ninth Circuit ruled in August 2026 that Chattah was not validly serving as acting U.S. Attorney or first assistant, which is the decision the petition seeks to review.[2][4]
Context. The post's own passage calls Chattah the 'would-be' U.S. Attorney, and sources describe her as interim, acting, or first-assistant officeholder, so the exact title is a minor point that does not affect the claim's core.[5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 4 not rated
- 1DOJ asks US Supreme Court to allow Trump ally to remain ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2United States v. Jacksonnacdl.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3Trump administration takes Sigal Chattah appointment fight to Supreme Courtcentredaily.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Trump prosecutor leading California voting lawsuit disqualified from ...democracydocket.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Another Trump term?scotusblog.com · not rated · cited for: context
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