BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A county judge in Washington state has granted a temporary injunction in a civil lawsuit that stops the city of Bellingham from investigating working conditions at the Bellingham Municipal Court. The Bellingham Herald reported that Skagit County Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Yost Neidzwski said Friday that Bellingham Municipal Court Presiding Judge Debra Lev had met the burden for enacting a temporary injunction. Lev filed a lawsuit a week prior against the city and Mayor Seth Fleetwood, claiming a city investigation into court working conditions violates the separation of powers between the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. The injunction is temporary and case will continue in litigation.
Judge halts probe into Bellingham Municipal Court conditions
