U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue of the Eastern District of New York will remain in his position as the head of the Brooklyn office, his office announced Thursday.

Like his counterpart across the East River, Donoghue has not been nominated by President Donald Trump, nor confirmed by the U.S. Senate, after being appointed to his position by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in January. This left a 120-day clock ticking on his appointment, at which point it fell to the Eastern District court to decide if it wanted to exercise its statutory power to decide on who should lead the prosecutors' office.

In a statement released late in the afternoon, the court announced that Chief Judge Dora Irizarry and the other members of the Brooklyn federal bench were keeping Donoghue in his position.

In a statement of his own made shortly thereafter, Donoghue said Irizarry had notified him the court was sticking with him, and expressed gratitude for the opportunity to continue to serve.

“I am equally grateful to the women and men of the Eastern District who have created and maintained a tradition of honor, integrity and excellence,” he continued. “Together, we will pursue justice, protect the people of this great nation and be faithful to the rule of law.”

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman faced the same situation ahead of that court deciding to stick with him as well late last month.

Donoghue served as a line assistant in the Eastern District office for 11 years until 2011. Before that he served as an active-duty member of the U.S. Army JAG Corps, after serving as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division in the mid-1990s. A graduate of St. John's University School of Law, Donoghue was the chief litigation counsel for CA Technologies just prior to being named U.S. attorney by Sessions.