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 ...

Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the U.S. District Court in ... filed by Democratic attorneys general from 22 states and the District of Columbia, stems from a two-page memo the Office of ...

It took three times for President Barack Obama’s nomination of John J. “Jack” McConnell Jr. as a federal judge ... 2019 as chief judge of the U.S. District Court, is at the center of a ...

Inside the nation’s courthouses, administration lawyers are now facing 100 lawsuits. Outside, the White House is mounting ...

Attorneys for 22 states and the District of Columbia asked a judge on Friday ... even after Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. issued a temporary restraining order on Jan. 31 icing ...

McConnell's ruling blocks Trump's federal spending freeze 'indefinitely' or until further order of the court A new hearing will be set soon for the plaintiff states to produce evidence in support ...