By NBC News and msnbc.com staff
SEATTLE -- Another Occupy encampment is facing ouster.
A judge ruled Friday that Seattle Central Community College can evict Occupy Seattle protesters from its campus on Seattle's Capitol Hill.
In denying?a restraining order that would have prevented the eviction, ?Thurston County Judge Christine Pomeroy?said protesters have a right to protest, but not to camp at the campus, NBC station KING reported on its website.?The judge also mentioned health and safety risks at the encampment as a reason for eviction.
Under the ruling, the school must post an eviction notice, which could happen as early as Monday, KING.com reported. Then the protesters would have 72 hours to leave, meaning eviction could be as early as Thursday.
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Occupy Seattle protesters shifted their tents to the SCCC campus last month after several battles with the city of Seattle over camps at Westlake Park and City Hall Plaza.
Just before Thanksgiving, the SCCC Board of Trustees approved an emergency rule banning camping on the college's property.
Immediately after, an Occupy Seattle protester named Patrica Sulley filed an injunction for a restraining order to stop the new rule, sending the case to court.
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"In the news sometimes we're portrayed as a this horrible, messy community, with all these problems. And it's a really beautiful mess,"?Sulley said?after the ruling.
SCCC administrators have said the Occupy camp costs the school about $20,000 a week. They have also expressed concerns about protesters entering the college's buildings.
Cities across the nation, including New York,?Los Angeles, Philadelphia?and Oakland?have evicted Occupy protesters from public spaces. Hundreds of people have been arrested in the raids, which have resulted in injuries to protesters and police in some places.
In Seattle, a large?Occupy encampment?in downtown Westlake Park was forcibly removed in October, and many of the?protesters then moved to the college campus.
This article includes reporting from NBC station KING of Seattle and msnbc.com staff.
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