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Nov 14, 2013, 9:04 pm

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Originally Posted by burlax

1. Assistant District Attorney ( state level ) and US Attorney General ( federal level ) are two different people who do somewhat different things. ADA do criminal prosecutions under state jurisdiction. USAG represents the United States in much broader spectrum of cases under federal jurisdiction. Although USAG can theoretically follow up on this particular incident, in reality, he has more important matters to attend to.

2. Air carrier access to people with disabilities is governed by the Air Carrier Access Act, not ADA.

3. If the Vecturist14 was referring to Americans with Disabilities Act in #18, I am pretty certain that this Act itself will not follow up on anyone or anything any time soon.

AUSA -- a sort of federal ADA-- can refer civil litigation matters to their USA and through them on to the AG. USA offices do civil litigation too on behalf of the government. AUSAs used to be called A(US/Federal)DAs.