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Government

Mar. 1, 2011

DOJ: Gay Lawyer Still Can't Get Benefits

Attorneys for the Department of Justice told a federal judge in papers filed Monday that President Barack Obama's decision to no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act does not have any immediate impact on the case of a 9th U.S. Circuit


By Rebecca Beyer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Attorneys for the Department of Justice told a federal judge in papers filed Monday that President Barack Obama's decision to no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act does not have any immediate impact on the case of a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals staff attorney suing to win health insurance for her wife. 9th Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski had ruled that the Office of Personnel Management shoul...

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