A former assistant U.S. attorney in Texas can challenge her firing, a federal appeals court has ruled, finding that the seven months she worked while her background check was pending counted towards her two-year trial period.
Amy Mitchell was initially hired under a “temporary” appointment as an assistant U.S. attorney in December 2008. Her background cleared seven months later, and she was hired again in August 2009 for the same job. In late July 2011, she was fired.
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