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Posted on: March 22, 2025 at 21:12:13 CT
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George O'Toole Jr.
O'Toole Jr. was appointed a U.S. district judge for the District of Massachusetts by President Bill Clinton in 1995. O'Toole is overseeing the legal battle over Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence. In August, Tsarnaev's lawyers said O'Toole should be recused from the case, citing comments he made about it on podcasts and at public events during the appeals process.
O'Toole has temporarily blocked Trump's plan to encourage federal workers to resign by offering them paid leave. On Monday, he said the stay would remain in place until he issues a ruling after multiple workers' unions sued over the plan.
He also issued a temporary restraining order blocking federal officials from transferring a transgender woman to a men's facility after the woman filed a lawsuit challenging Trump's order barring transgender women from women's prisons and detention centers.