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Seattle crowd-control restraining order extended

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Judge blocks Seattle law banning police use of pepper spray

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Judge overseeing Seattle police reforms orders oversight fix

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Judge: Seattle in compliance with police reforms

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Judge rejects request to change order lifting refugee ban

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FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 file photo, Mariko Hirose, right, a litigation director at the Urban Justice Center, speaks to reporters accompanied by Mark Hetfield, president &amp; CEO of HIAS, left, and Rabbi Will Berkowitz, Jewish Family Service of Seattle CEO, in front of a federal courthouse in Seattle. On Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, U.S. District Judge James Robart partially lifted a Trump administration ban on certain refugees after the American Civil Liberties Union and Jewish Family Service argued that the policy prevented people from some mostly Muslim countries from reuniting with family living legally in the United States. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Judge’s partial lifting of Trump ban gives refugees hope

By MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

Judge asks for more detail on clearing Seattle police

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FILE - In this May 1, 2017 file photo, Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole, left, talks with an officer before a march for worker and immigrant rights at a May Day event in Seattle. In a court filing Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, the U.S. Justice Department said the city has eliminated the pattern of unconstitutional policing that resulted in federal authorities stepping in. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

DOJ: Seattle in compliance with police reforms

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

FILE - This March 12, 2013 file still image taken from United States Courts shows Judge James Robart listening to a case at Seattle Courthouse in Seattle. Robart has granted an extension to the Justice Department in a lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump's immigration order is blocking efforts by legal residents to reunite with their children who are trapped in war-torn countries. Robart also said he understood the frustrations of plaintiffs over Trump administration statements that seemingly contradict those made by federal government lawyers. After being repeatedly postponed, a White House official said Thursday, March 2, 2017, a replacement order now won't be unveiled until next week at the earliest. (United States Courts via AP, File)

Trump revised travel ban ‘substantially different’ justice department says

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks at a news conference about the state's response to President Trump's revised travel ban Thursday, March 9, 2017, in Seattle. Legal challenges against Trump's revised travel ban mounted Thursday as Washington state said it would renew its request to block the executive order. It came a day after Hawaii launched its own lawsuit, and Ferguson said both Oregon and New York had asked to join his state's legal action. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Federal judge not ready to rule on blocking new travel ban

By LISA BAUMANN - Associated Press

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson listens to a question at a news conference the state's response to President Trump's revised travel ban Thursday, March 9, 2017, in Seattle. Legal challenges against Trump's revised travel ban mounted Thursday as Washington state said it would renew its request to block the executive order. It came a day after Hawaii launched its own lawsuit, and Ferguson said both Oregon and New York had asked to join his state's legal action. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Legal challenges to Trump’s travel ban mount from US states

By MARTHA BELLISLE and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

FILE - This March 12, 2013 file still image taken from United States Courts shows Judge James Robart listening to a case at Seattle Courthouse in Seattle. Online abuse of Robart, who temporarily derailed President Donald Trump's travel ban, has raised safety concerns, according to experts who are worried that the president's attacks on the judiciary could make judges a more inviting target. (United States Courts via AP,File)

Trump attacks on judiciary raise safety concerns for judges

By MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks to reporters while on board Air Force One over Maryland, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: Arguments set for Tuesday over Trump travel ban

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Vice President Mike Pence pauses while speaking at the March for Life on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘Speaking his mind’ — Mike Pence, vice president, defends President Trump’s ‘so-called judge’ tweet

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Protesters march along Pennsylvania Avenue past the Trump International Hotel during a rally protesting the immigration policies of President Donald Trump, near the White House in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House predicts courts will reinstate travel ban

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, left, is greeted by well-wishers after he spoke to reporters Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, following a hearing in federal court in Seattle. A U.S. judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's ban on people from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States after Washington state and Minnesota urged a nationwide hold on the executive order that has launched legal battles across the country. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

US suspends enforcement of travel ban, DOJ appeals

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2017 file photo, a woman forms her hands into a heart shape at a rally protesting President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel to the United States by citizens of several countries in Seattle. Federal judges on opposite coasts are due Friday, Feb. 3, to hear the first legal arguments about President Trump's travel ban on citizens from those countries. They will hardly be the last as the issue reverberates through courts around the country and will likely be decided by an appeals court - if not the Supreme Court.(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

US judge temporarily blocks Trump’s travel ban nationwide

By MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

A woman protests in a demonstration at Market Square, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in Cleveland. The demonstration was organized in protest of President Donald Trump's immigration order. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Federal judge halts Donald Trump’s immigration order

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Seattle Police Department Officer Officer Debra Pelich shows the department's new uniform, which includes a newly designed shoulder patch, during a news conference in Seattle on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Greg Gilbert) ** FILE **

James Robart, federal judge, declares ‘black lives matter’ in court

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times