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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Jimmy CarterDemocratic president
Seat
CA60902
Nominated
Sept. 28, 1977
Committee hearing
Oct. 11, 1977
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Oct. 19, 1977
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Oct. 20, 1977
Commissioned
Oct. 21, 1977
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
May 1, 1995
Service ended
April 28, 2019Death

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.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Judge Oct. 12, 1967 Nov. 22, 1977 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Judge Oct. 21, 1977 April 28, 2019 Death Jimmy Carter

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
Alison Taylor v. City of Saginaw 17-2126 Decided April 25, 2019
Ricky Jackson v. City of Cleveland 17-3840/3843 Decided March 28, 2019
United States v. William Steele 18-1146 Decided March 26, 2019 Authored
Mendoza-Garcia v. Barr No. 18-3513 Decided March 13, 2019
United States v. Richard Parrish 18-1178 Decided Feb. 12, 2019
Paul Monea v. United States 16-4250 Decided Jan. 22, 2019
Patti Cahoo v. SAS Analytics Inc. 18-1295/1296 Decided Jan. 3, 2019
Mehrdad Hosseini v. Kirstjen Nielsen 17-6453 Decided Dec. 19, 2018
Mariusz Tomaszczuk v. Matthew Whitaker 17-4229 Decided Nov. 20, 2018

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion United States v. William Steele Sixth Circuit March 26, 2019
Opinion United States v. William Steele Sixth Circuit March 26, 2019