Las Vegas — A federal judge disqualified Nevada acting U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah from several cases after concluding Tuesday that the Trump appointee has stayed in the temporary job longer than allowed by law.

U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell disqualified Chattah from supervising the criminal prosecutions, siding with defense lawyers who argued that her authority expired in July.

Campbell ordered government attorneys on the cases to tell the court within seven days that Chattah is not directing their work. He did not dismiss the indictments, however.

A phone call seeking comment was not answered Tuesday night by Chattah’s office, and the Department of Justice did not immediately respond to an emailed request.

It was the second setback in recent weeks for the Trump administratio

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