“The Executive branch has perpetuated Alina Habba’s appointment to act as the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey through a novel series of legal and personnel moves. Along the way, it has disagreed with the Judges of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and criminal defendants in that District about who should or may lead the office. Faced with the question of whether Ms Habba is lawfully performing the functions and duties of the office of the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, I conclude that she is not,” writes the Middle District of Pennsylvania’s chief federal Circuit Judge Matthew Brann in a ruling in two cases challenging Habba’s lawful authority to prosecute them. Brann had stepped in from the neighboring jurisdiction to “specially preside” over any potential conflict of interest in the Garden State.