Hampton Dellinger is still playing games with the appeals court after he backed down and ended his legal battle with President Trump.
On Thursday Hampton Dellinger finally ended his legal battle against President Trump.
President Trump fired Hampton Dellinger, the Special Counsel for the Office of Special Counsel last month, however, the Biden holdover continued to fight Trump in court and was successful because the case was assigned to a corrupt Obama judge.
However, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday evening allowed President Trump’s firing of Hampton Dellinger to proceed.
The appeals court granted a motion to stay Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s order reinstating the Biden holdover.
Following the ruling from the DC Circuit Court, Hampton Dellinger said he is ending his legal fight with Trump.
“I’m ending my legal battle so my time as Special Counsel and head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is now over,” Hampton Dellinger wrote in a statement.
Dellinger blasted the appeals court after judges Henderson (George W. Bush appointee), Millett (Obama appointee), and Walker (Trump appointee) ruled against him.
“I think the circuit judges erred badly because their willingness to sign off on my ouster — even if presented as possibly temporary — immediately erases the independence Congress provided for my position, a vital protection that has been accepted as lawful for nearly fifty years. Until now. And given the circuit court’s adverse ruling, I think my odds of ultimately prevailing before the Supreme Court are long. Meanwhile, the harm to the agency and those who rely on it caused by a Special Counsel who is not independent could be immediate, grievous, and, I fear, uncorrectable,” Dellinger wrote on Thursday.
Later Thursday Hampton Dellinger proceeded to file a letter with the appeals court saying since he ended his legal battle, the appeal is moot.
BREAKING: Dellinger sends letter to Court of Appeals saying since he decided not to pursue legal remedy the appeal is moot. That’s not quite how that works….until the case is dismissed, the appeal is live. 1/ https://t.co/h2zUs2FYZY
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 6, 2025
The government hit back at Dellinger later Thursday and said the appeal is still live.
Dellinger is trying to stop the appeals court from issuing a ruling but the DOJ is not having it.
“Plaintiff’s assertion that he is “negotiating with the government regarding the proper next steps to bring this litigation to an end” is also curious. Plaintiff has not proposed any stipulation under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1) or sought our consent to a motion under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(2). Plaintiff has communicated that he would “take no position on a motion to vacate the underlying judgment.” But that only confirms that this appeal is not moot,” the DOJ wrote.
“Again, the appeal will become moot only if and when the permanent injunction from which it arises is dissolved and plaintiff’s complaint is dismissed with prejudice – a result that plaintiff so far has made no effort to effectuate,” the DOJ said.
The DOJ accused Hampton Dellinger of attempting to “prevent the issuance” of an opinion from the appeals court.
BREAKING: As I noted yesterday Dellinger sending a letter to the Court of Appeals saying the appeal is “moot” is NOT how it works!! Government now sends a letter saying precisely that AND noting Dellinger seems to be trying to prevent COA from issuing its decision. 1/ https://t.co/JqfSgyVKbe pic.twitter.com/FIXIaCmC91
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 7, 2025
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