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Courthouse News Service
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Camp Clearing

Three current and former homeless individuals challenging Washington’s protocol for clearing encampments throughout the city lack standing to raise their Fourth or Fifth Amendment claims, a federal court ruled. Their “Achilles heel,” the court ruled, is that the protocol never injured the plaintiffs.

WASHINGTON — Three current and former homeless individuals challenging Washington’s protocol for clearing encampments throughout the city lack standing to raise their Fourth or Fifth Amendment claims, a federal court ruled. Their “Achilles heel,” the court ruled, is that the protocol never injured the plaintiffs. 

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