This story also appeared in Wisconsin Examiner Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island wrote in the 13-page ruling the […]Federal judge blocks Trump plan to ...

11 hours ago · The decision, signed by Judge John J. McConnell Jr., is a temporary but significant victory for the Democratic attorneys general from those states and the District of Columbia, who sued the ...

17 hours ago · McConnell is expected to rule imminently on the request by 22 states and the District of Columbia for a temporary restraining order halting the funding freeze, which sparked an outcry nationally.

11 hours ago · U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. said at least some aspects of the governmentwide funding freeze ordered by a since-retracted Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo ...

12 hours ago · BOSTON (AP) — A second federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary pause in Trump administration efforts to freeze federal funding in the latest twist over the spending of trillions of dollars in grants and loans.. Judge John McConnell sided with nearly two dozen states that requested an emergency order preventing most federal agencies from halting funding.

John James McConnell Jr. (born 1958) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, McConnell earned an Artium Baccalaureus in 1980 from Brown University and a Juris Doctor in 1983 from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. [2][3]

Judge, United States District Court, District of Rhode Island Nominated by Barack Obama on January 5, 2011, to a seat vacated by Ernest C. Torres. Confirmed by the Senate on May 4, 2011, and received commission on May 6, 2011. Serving as chief judge, 2019-present. Education: Brown University, A.B., 1980

2 days ago · U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell Jr. rejected U.S. Department of Justice arguments that the need for such an order was moot because the Office of Management and Budget rescinded the memo ...

2 days ago · But in Rhode Island, Judge John McConnell Jr. indicated he was not satisfied, siding with lawyers for 22 states and the District of Columbia who filed the suit, which claimed that the harm caused ...

7 hours ago · Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. who issued the ... the order blocks any suspension of federal dollars to the 22 states that were party to the suit — as well as the District of Columbia. In issuing ...