US seeks to dismiss appeal of Seattle court ruling on Trump's previous travel ban
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Protesters demonstrating against US President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, outside the US Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Washington.
PHOTO: NYTIMES
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The US Department of Justice on Tuesday (March 7) said it would voluntarily dismiss its own appeal of a Seattle federal court ruling that had suspended President Donald Trump's first executive order concerning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries.
The Trump administration this week issued a new executive order that supplanted the one which had been challenged in court by the state of Washington.
In a court filing on Tuesday, the Justice Department told the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals that Washington state did not oppose the administration's request to end its appeal.
