28 USC § 609 - Courts’ appointive power unaffected

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title: "28 USC § 609 - Courts’ appointive power unaffected"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "609"
section_name: "Courts’ appointive power unaffected"
chapter_number: 41
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF UNITED STATES COURTS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 915.)"
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# § 609. Courts’ appointive power unaffected

The authority of the courts to appoint their own administrative or clerical personnel shall not be limited by any provisions of this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 915.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed. § 446 (, as added , ).

This section contains the last clause of , U.S.C., 1940 ed.

A similar provision with respect to the Attorney General’s authority over United States attorneys and their assistants, and United States marshals and their deputies was omitted as unnecessary since there is nothing in this chapter that could affect such authority of the Attorney General.

For other provisions of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., see .

Minor changes were made in phraseology.