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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
Mr. Bannon had fought his contempt conviction as forcefully as he fought the initial charges during his brief trial in Federal District Court in Washington in July 2022.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2024
The matters which may be brought before a Federal District Court are various.
From Problems in American Democracy by Williamson, Thames Ross
I covered the Chatrie case for Slate back in 2022 when it was first ruled on by the federal district court in Richmond.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
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
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
“That put us back in federal district courts,” White noted.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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