State of Washington v. United States Department of State

HONORABLE RICHARD A. JONES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 15 AT SEATTLE 16 STATE OF WASHINGTON; et al., 17 Plaintiffs, Case No. 2:20-cv-00111-RAJ 18 v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART 19 PLAINTIFF STATES’ MOTION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF FOR PRELIMINARY 20 STATE; et al, INJUNCTION 21 Defendants. 22 I. INTRODUCTION 23 This matter comes before the Court on the Plaintiff States’ Motion for Preliminary 24 Injunction (“Motion”). Dkt. # 55. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS IN PART 25 the Motion. 26 27 1 II. BACKGROUND 2 Plaintiffs are…