Colm F. Connelly
| Colm Connolly | |
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| United States Attorney for the District of Delaware | |
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In office September 2001 – January 20, 2009 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Carl Schnee |
| Succeeded by | Charles M. Oberly III |
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| Born |
Colm Felix Connolly October 18, 1964 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education |
University of Notre Dame (BA) London School of Economics (MSc) Duke University School of Law (JD) |
Colm Felix Connolly (born October 18, 1964) is a former United States Attorney for the district of Delaware and is a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. He is best known for his prosecution of Thomas Capano for capital murder. Connolly would later be portrayed by Steven Eckholdt and make a cameo appearance in the made-for-television movie based on the murder, And Never Let Her Go (2001), directed by Peter Levin.
Connolly has previously been nominated for a seat on the District Court. On February 26, 2008, Connolly was nominated by George W. Bush for the United States District Court for the District of Delaware seat vacated by Kent A. Jordan in 2006. Although Connolly received a unanimous well-qualified rating from the American Bar Association, the Senate Judiciary Committee did not afford him a hearing and therefore his nomination to the federal bench expired at the conclusion of the Senate's term in 2008. Nominees need both U.S. Senators to sign off on their nominations. Only Senator Tom Carper did; Senator Joe Biden did not.
Connolly was succeeded by Charles M. Oberly III, with David C. Weiss serving as acting United States Attorney in the interim.
On December 20, 2017, his renomination was announced and sent to the Senate. He has been nominated to the seat vacated by Sue Lewis Robinson, who took senior status on February 3, 2017. On February 14, 2018, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee On March 15, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 20–1 vote. His nomination is currently pending before the full United States Senate.
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