[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 25, Volume 1] [Revised as of April 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 25CFR16.6] [Page 74-75] TITLE 25--INDIANS CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PART 16--ESTATES OF INDIANS OF THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES--Table of Contents Sec. 16.6 Authority of attorneys in State court litigation. Attorneys authorized to perform the duties specified in Sec. 16.3 appearing in State court litigation in their official capacities are authorized to take such action as the Secretary could take if he were personally appearing in his official capacity as counsel therein, including but not limited to the filing or decision against filing of initial, responsive, or supplemental pleadings and appeals from adverse judgments, the exercise or decision against exercise of a preferential right to purchase property subject to sale, the removal or decision against removal of actions [[Page 75]] to Federal courts, and the waiver or decision against waiver of the failure to make timely service of process or notice.