On January 28, 2025, a coalition of states filed State of New York et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., No. 1:25-cv-00039-JJM-PAS, in the District of Rhode Island. CourtListener records the assignment to Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr., and Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Sullivan. The caption challenges a January 27, 2025, Office of Management and Budget directive pausing federal financial assistance.
On January 31, 2025, McConnell entered a temporary restraining order. The published order (later reported as 764 F. Supp. 3d 46) states that during the TRO, defendants “shall not pause, freeze, impede, block, cancel, or terminate Defendants’ compliance with awards and obligations to provide federal financial assistance to the States” except “on the basis of the applicable authorizing statutes, regulations, and terms.” It also restrained reissuing or giving effect to the OMB Directive under another name.
That is the court file. It is separate from H.Res. 241. A TRO is an interlocutory order. It is not a final judgment, not a Supreme Court holding, and not a finding that the judge committed a crime.