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district court judge

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noun

  1. Former name: magistrate.  a judge presiding over a lower court

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In an order granting F.B.’s release last month, U.S. district court judge Tanya Walton Pratt in Indiana said the government’s claim that F.B. would be imminently deported had “proven false,” and that keeping her detained was “contrary to the Constitution and laws of the United States.”

From Los Angeles Times

A district court judge ruled it unlawful but an appeals court allowed the deployment to proceed.

From Barron's

District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus agreed and dismissed the indictment last year.

From Slate

District Court judge ruled that Meta Platforms is not a monopoly and its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp don’t violate antitrust laws.

From Barron's

The new policy was quickly blocked by a district court judge in Massachusetts.

From The Wall Street Journal