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Federal District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín said she would decide by Wednesday whether to issue a restraining order.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
On Tuesday, 250 years after that ride, Judge Charles Breyer of the Federal District Court in San Francisco raised a similar ruckus without ever leaving the bench.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2025
As the Federal District Court in Maryland explained eight years ago, a “federal court may … issue preservation orders as part of its inherent authority to manage its own proceedings.”
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2025
Then in March, she held a hearing in Federal District Court in Fort Pierce, Fla., specifically to discuss the trial calendar.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2024
Aragua has a short coast-line on the Caribbean west of the Federal District, but has no port of consequence.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
A federal district judge stymied the Justice Department’s attempt to investigate former Fed Chair Jerome Powell, throwing out subpoenas that were part of a probe into his congressional testimony about the central bank’s building-renovation project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
The federal district court found for Media Matters, saying this was clearly a retaliatory measure.
From Slate ● May 18, 2026
That same year, a federal district court sided with these voters, ruling that the maps could not be used in 2024 or future elections.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026
A federal district court judge dismissed the suit in 2014 but it was revived by an appeals court in 2023, prompting Cisco to take it to the top US court.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
“That put us back in federal district courts,” White noted.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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