Aileen Mercedes Cannon (born 1981) is an American lawyer serving since 2020 as a United States federal judge in the District Court for the Southern District of Florida. President Donald Trump nominated and appointed Cannon to the federal bench after confirmation by the US Senate in November 2020.

Jul 15, 2024 · Even before her bombshell decision on Monday to dismiss former President Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case, Judge Aileen M. Cannon had made any number of unorthodox rulings.

Mar 15, 2024 · Trump’s attorneys had filed a motion for U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to dismiss the case, claiming he was legally entitled to keep the records he’s charged with illegally retaining after...

Florida-based U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon should be reassigned if the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals reverses and remands her decision to dismiss the indictment against Trump, according to an amicus brief filed on Tuesday on behalf of Citizens for …

Jul 17, 2024 · Weeks after the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago for classified documents in August 2022, Cannon granted a Trump team request to appoint an independent arbiter to review the seized records — a decision later overturned by a unanimous federal appeals panel.

Jun 20, 2024 · (CNN) — Two federal judges in south Florida urged District Judge Aileen Cannon to forgo overseeing the criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump when she was first assigned the classified documents case in 2023, according to a report from The New York Times.

Dec 2, 2022 · An appeals court found U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had no authority to appoint an independent expert to review documents seized from former President Donald Trump.

Jun 10, 2023 · Aileen Cannon has faced criticism for her handling of a civil case involving documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago.

Jul 15, 2024 · Florida federal judge Aileen Cannon, who on Monday dismissed the case against former president Donald Trump over his handling of classified documents in Florida, saying the appointment of a...

Jun 14, 2023 · In September 2022, Cannon was the presiding judge in a civil case involving the FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach a month earlier. Her ruling on Sept. 5, granted Trump’s...