John Robert Blakey

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Judge · Federal · Illinois

Data last updated: 10/7/2026. Status: active.

Cases in this dataset

181 linked docket records. These counts are not a count of rulings or a prediction.

Case volume by filing year

  • 19951
  • 20151
  • 20164
  • 20175
  • 20187
  • 201913
  • 202011
  • 202110
  • 202226
  • 202342
  • 202437
  • 202524

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Career history

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · 2014-12-19 to End not recorded · Barack Obama
  • London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art C.F.A. 1989
  • Notre Dame Law School J.D. 1992
  • University of Notre Dame B.A. 1988

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