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Citizen Lawsuit Seeks To Oust Attorney General Curtis Hill

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Four Indianapolis residents have filed a lawsuit trying to get Attorney General Curtis Hill permanently ousted from his position.

The complaint filed in Marion County wants the state Supreme Court to answer a question it refused to address earlier this week: whether the 30-day suspension of Hill’s law license creates a vacancy in the office.

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If it does, state law says Gov. Eric Holcomb gets to appoint Hill’s successor – likely meaning Hill wouldn’t be able to return to his post after the 30 days are up.

Holcomb asked the Supreme Court that very question in the wake of Hill’s suspension. But the court said Holcomb wasn’t following proper legal procedure.

One of the four people named in the lawsuit is Julia Vaughn, who is the policy director of the advocacy group, Common Cause Indiana.

Contact Brandon at bsmith@ipbs.org or follow him on Twitter at @brandonjsmith5.

Brandon Smith is excited to be working for public radio in Indiana. He has previously worked in public radio as a reporter and anchor in mid-Missouri for KBIA Radio out of Columbia. Prior to that, he worked for WSPY Radio in Plano, Illinois as a show host, reporter, producer and anchor. His first job in radio was in another state capitol, in Jefferson City, Missouri, as a reporter for three radio stations around Missouri. Brandon graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor of Journalism in 2010, with minors in political science and history. He was born and raised in Chicago.
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