WASHINGTON v. U.S. DEPT. OF STATE

Case No. 2:20-cv-00111-RAJ.

443 F.Supp.3d 1245 (2020)

State of WASHINGTON; et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE; et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Washington, at Seattle.

Signed March 6, 2020.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 05 U.S.C. § 702
Cause: 05 U.S.C. § 702 Administrative Procedure Act
Nature of Suit: 899 Other Statutes: Administrative Procedures Act / Review or Appeal of Agency Decision
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brendan C. Selby , Kristin Beneski , Jeffrey George Rupert , State of Washington Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of Washington.

John W. Killeen , Pro Hac Vice, California Department of Justice, Sacramento, CA, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of California.

Grant T. Sullivan , Pro Hac Vice, Colorado Department of Law, Denver, CO, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of Colorado.

Maura Murphy Osborne , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General, Hartford, CT, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of Connecticut.

Christian Douglas Wright , Pro Hac Vice, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of Delaware.

Andrew J. Saindon , Pro Hac Vice, Kathleen Marie Konopka , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff District of Columbia.

Robert T. Nakatsuji , Pro Hac Vice, Department of the Attorney General, Honolulu, HI, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of Hawaii.

Darren Kinkead , Pro Hac Vice, Kathryn Hunt Muse , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Chicago, IL, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of Illinois.

Susan P. Herman , Pro Hac Vice, Maine Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, ME, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of Maine.

Jeffrey Paul Dunlap , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of Maryland.

Phoebe Fischer-Groban , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Boston, MA, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Joseph T. Froehlich , Pro Hac Vice, Michigan Department of Attorney General, Lansing, MI, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of Michigan.

Jacob Campion , Pro Hac Vice, Attorney General of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of Minnesota.

Glenn J. Moramarco , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General, Trenton, NJ, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of New Jersey.

Daniela Nogueira , Pro Hac Vice, Matthew Colangelo , Pro Hac Vice, Steven C. Wu , Pro Hac Vice, New York State Office of the Attorney General, New York, NY, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of New York.

Sripriya Narasimhan , Pro Hac Vice, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, NC, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of North Carolina.

Carla Scott , State of Oregon, Portland, OR, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of Oregon.

Jacob Boyer , Pro Hac Vice, Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, Philadelphia, PA, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Justin J. Sullivan , Pro Hac Vice, Rhode Island Department of Attorney General, Providence, RI, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of Rhode Island.

Benjamin D. Battles , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Vermont Attorney General, Montpelier, VT, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of Vermont.

Samuel T. Towell , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, VA, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Virginia.

Nicholas Sydow , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the New Mexico Attorney General, Albuquerque, NM, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of New Mexico.

Brian Patrick Keenan , Pro Hac Vice, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, Kristin Beneski , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff State of Wisconsin.

Eric Soskin , Matthew J. Glover , US Department of Justice (Civil Rights), Washington, DC, for Defendants.


ORDER GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFF STATES' MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter comes before the Court on the Plaintiff States' Motion for Preliminary Injunction ("Motion"). Dkt. # 55. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS IN PART

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