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Government

Apr. 12, 2011

Prosecutor Furloughs Set to Begin Monday

A federal government shutdown is expected to send ripples throughout U.S. Courthouses in California, where U.S. attorney's offices have begun furloughing attorneys and certain support staff.


By Gabe Friedman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


With the federal government shutdown set to begin today, U.S. attorney's offices throughout the country had by late Friday set in motion furloughs and other plans to operate with a fraction of their regular staff.


In Los Angeles, nearly 60 out of 270 lawyers in the U.S. attorney's office were told to begin an indefinite furlough - sidelining nearly the entire civil division. A third of the L...

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