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Sixth Circuit

Alan Eugene Norris

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Senior Born 1935, Columbus, OH 7 panel seats recorded

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Ronald ReaganRepublican president
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, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

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
In re Courtney Caldwell 18-6074 Decided March 8, 2019
United States v. Azat Martirossian 18-4035; 18-4114 Decided March 7, 2019
Timothy Sampson v. Cathy Garrett 18-1900 Decided March 6, 2019
United States v. Dockery Cleveland 17-3993 Decided Oct. 19, 2018
United States v. Rene Boucher 18-5683 Decided Sept. 26, 2018

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion 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