Last month, Ms. Reno declined to appoint a special counsel.
Accordingly, the court declines to appoint a special master at this time.
Scott L. Fenstermaker, a Manhattan lawyer, had also sought to represent Mr. Ghailani, but the judge declined to appoint him.
Accordingly, he declined to appoint Smith's cronies to state office and did not look to Smith, the "Happy Warrior," for guidance.
The legal inquiries persisted until 2000, when, during Mr. Gore's presidential campaign, Attorney General Janet Reno declined to appoint a special prosecutor to pursue the case against him.
Instead, while Patten declined to appoint Mark Thompson's closest associates in management, Caroline Thomson or Helen Boaden, the job has gone to an insider.
But Renamo officials said party members were angry after President Joaquim Chissano declined to appoint any Renamo officials to provincial governorships last month.
Officials in Washington not only declined to appoint Mr. Gorence as United States attorney but also, without any public explanation, brought in a new prosecutor.
A judge appointed a guardian for the woman, but declined to appoint a guardian for her unborn child, following a 1989 Florida Supreme Court decision that found appointing a guardian for a fetus was "clearly improper".
Indonesia's parliament, which just set up a similar agency called the Corruption Eradication Commission, declined to appoint the most crusading candidates as commissioners.The courts can also undermine counter-corruption efforts.
