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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Ronald ReaganRepublican
Seat
CA60506
Nominated
April 22, 1986
Committee hearing
May 14, 1986
Committee action
Reported (favorably)June 5, 1986
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
June 6, 1986
Commissioned
July 1, 1986
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
July 1, 2001

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Recent judicial activity

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

Cases

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

CaseNo.StatusDate
United States v. Kyle Wagner 26-1294 Decided Aug. 12, 2026 Authored
Bernard Hardrick v. Erica Huss 24-1456 Decided Sept. 9, 2025
Brian Adams v. 3M Company 23-5232 Decided April 19, 2023
R. K. v. Bill Lee 22-5004 Decided Nov. 18, 2022 Authored
Whirlpool Int'l Holdings v. CIR 20-1900 Decided Dec. 6, 2021
McKeon Prods. v. Howard S. Leight & Assocs. 20-2279 Decided Oct. 8, 2021
Tiger Lily, LLC v. HUD 21-5256 Decided July 23, 2021
Jason Cunningham v. Shelby Cnty., Tenn. 20-5375 Decided April 19, 2021 Authored
Tiger Lily, LLC v. HUD 21-5256 Decided March 29, 2021
Progressive Rail Inc. v. CSX Trans., Inc. 20-5378 Decided Dec. 2, 2020
Abigail Ladd v. Jack Marchbanks 19-4136 Decided Aug. 20, 2020
United States v. Philip Paauwe 19-2071 Decided Aug. 4, 2020
SawariMedia, LLC v. Gretchen Whitmer 20-1594 Decided July 2, 2020
Damien Freeman v. Lyneal Wainwright 18-3913 Decided May 12, 2020
Robert Winburn v. Noah Nagy 19-2399 Decided April 23, 2020
United States v. Christopher Fowler 19-3071 Decided April 21, 2020
Jeremiah Leavy v. Kenneth Hutchison 18-6246 Decided March 19, 2020
Anita Cagayat v. United Collection Bureau, Inc. 19-3431 Decided March 9, 2020
In re John W. Franklin 19-6093 Decided March 3, 2020
Christopher Adams v. Dave Baker 18-5819 Decided March 2, 2020

Judicial writings

Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion of the Court United States v. Kyle Wagner Sixth Circuit Aug. 12, 2026
Opinion R. K. v. Bill Lee Sixth Circuit Nov. 18, 2022
Opinion Jason Cunningham v. Shelby Cnty., Tenn. Sixth Circuit April 19, 2021
Opinion Church Joint Venture, L.P. v. Earl Blasingame Sixth Circuit Jan. 21, 2020