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President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference following the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Saturday, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Marsha Pechman, federal judge, blocks Trump policy keeping asylum seekers locked up

By Gene Johnson - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 28, 2019, file photo, Matt Adams, center right, Legal Director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, leaves the U.S. Courthouse with others after a hearing on asylum seekers in Seattle. On Tuesday, July 2, 2019, a federal judge in Seattle has blocked a Trump administration policy that would keep thousands of asylum seekers locked up while they pursue their cases. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Judge blocks Trump policy keeping asylum-seekers locked up

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

File - This June 21, 2017, file photo shows a women's area at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., during a media tour of the facility. The federal facility, operated under contract by The GEO Group, is used to house people detained on immigration and other violations. A federal judge says immigrant rights activists can continue to challenge what they describe as unlawful U.S. government delays for asylum cases. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman in Seattle dismissed some arguments raised by the lawsuit in a ruling Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Judge declines to dismiss challenge to US asylum delays

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

File - This June 21, 2017, file photo shows a women's area at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., during a media tour of the facility. The federal facility, operated under contract by The GEO Group, is used to house people detained on immigration and other violations. A federal judge says immigrant rights activists can continue to challenge what they describe as unlawful U.S. government delays for asylum cases. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman in Seattle dismissed some arguments raised by the lawsuit in a ruling Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Judge Marsha Pechman backs immigrant rights activists in asylum case

By Gene Johnson - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2014, file photo, an inmate huddles under a heavy blanket on a bunk in the psychiatric unit of the Pierce County Jail in Tacoma, Wash. A federal judge who said Washington state was violating the constitutional rights of mentally ill people warehoused in jails as they await competency services has approved a settlement in a case they filed against the state. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Settlement approved in Washington state mental health case

By MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

In this March 27, 2018, file photo, plaintiffs Cathrine Schmid, second left, and Conner Callahan, second right, listens with supporters during a news conference in front of a federal courthouse following a hearing in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ** FILE **

Judge: Trump’s ban on transgender troops on hold until trial

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

The Latest: Judge won’t consider new transgender troop plan

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Plaintiff Conner Callahan, right, listens as attorney Natalie Nardecchia speaks to media members in front of a federal courthouse following a hearing there Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in Seattle. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman says she won't immediately consider President Donald Trump's new policy banning transgender people from serving in the military. Pechman is one of four federal judges who have issued orders blocking Trump's decision last year to overturn an Obama-era directive allowing transgender troops to serve openly. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Judge shows scant patience for military transgender ban

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

Judge holds mental health agency in contempt, orders fines

By MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

Federal judge scolds state for treatment of mentally ill

By MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

Former Seattle ATF agent given 1 year in prison

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