Ronald A. White
{{Short description|American judge (born 1961)}}
{{For|other people named Ronald, Ron, or Ronnie White|Ronald White (disambiguation){{!}}Ronald White}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Ronald Allen White
| honorific-suffix =
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| office = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
| term_start = February 10, 2017
| term_end =
| predecessor = James H. Payne
| successor =
| office1 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
| term_start1 = October 2, 2003
| term_end1 =
| appointer1 = George W. Bush
| predecessor1 = Frank Howell Seay
| successor1 =
| pronunciation =
| birth_name = Ronald Allen White
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|01|27}}
| birth_place = Sapulpa, Oklahoma, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_cause =
| resting_place =
| resting_place_coordinates =
| citizenship =
| nationality =
| party =
| otherparty =
| height =
| spouse =
| partner =
| relations =
| children =
| parents =
| mother =
| father =
| relatives =
| residence =
| education = University of Oklahoma (BA, JD)
| footnotes =
}}
Ronald Allen White (born January 27, 1961) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
Education and career
White was born in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1983 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1986. He was in private practice in Tulsa, Oklahoma, from 1986 to 2003.{{FJC Bio|nid=1392026|inline=yes}}
=Federal judicial service=
On May 15, 2003, White was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma vacated by Judge Frank Howell Seay. White was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 30, 2003, and received his commission on October 2, 2003. He became chief judge in 2017.
=Notable case=
On September 30, 2014, White ruled that the Affordable Care Act subsidies should not be made available in states that did not choose to set up their own health care exchanges.{{cite web|url=http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Oklahoma-ACA-subsidy-ruling-9-30-14.pdf|title=Order in Oklahoma v Burwell|publisher=}} His opinion was noteworthy, as he became the first federal judge to rule on the issue after two different appeals courts issued conflicting rulings. He interacts with both rulings in his own opinion.
References
{{Reflist}}
Sources
- {{FJC Bio|nid=1392026}}
{{s-start}}
{{s-legal}}
{{s-bef|before=Frank Howell Seay}}
{{s-ttl|title={{nowrap|Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma}}|years=2003–present}}
{{s-inc|rows=2}}
{{s-bef|before=James H. Payne}}
{{s-ttl|title={{nowrap|Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma}}|years=2017–present}}
{{s-end}}
{{United States 10th Circuit district judges}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:White, Ronald Allen}}
Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
Category:People from Sapulpa, Oklahoma
Category:United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush