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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
The suit brought by the Justice Department’s Civil Division against the Maryland Federal District Court judges did not hide the ball about either of those claims.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2025
Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing the case in Federal District Court in Fort Pierce, Fla., has only dealt with two of Trump’s motions to dismiss so far, denying both of them.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
March 16—Stegler turns State's evidence and testifies against Cook and Madden in the Federal District Court.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
In a series of decisions last month, federal district judges in Boston have ruled against these executive orders, for now.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
He lost before a federal district judge and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
The 77-year-old veteran diplomat is expected to enter the guilty plea at a hearing in federal district court in Maryland on June 26, CNN and other outlets said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
A federal district judge on Friday rejected conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s bid to shield Infowars from liquidation, upholding a bankruptcy court ruling that the assets aren’t protected by his personal bankruptcy estate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
After court battles stretching back to 1954, a federal district judge in 1970 issued a desegregation plan for the city.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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