LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — As Nevada's acting U.S. attorney Sigal Chattah fights to keep her job, other lawyers in similar posts across the country are facing the same challenges.

A federal judge ruled in September that Chattah was disqualified from serving as Nevada's top federal prosecutor, discounting a circuitous series of maneuvers to keep her in the job after a temporary appointment expired.

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The ruling came after federal public defenders in three cases approved by Chattah challenged her authority to oversee prosecutions.

The matter is now on appeal to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, with hearings expected in the new year.

Chattah was appointed in late March as interim U.S. attorne

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