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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
George W. BushRepublican
Seat
CA60507
Nominated
Jan. 7, 2003
Committee hearing
Jan. 29, 2003
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Feb. 27, 2003
Senate vote
66–25Roll Call
Confirmed
May 5, 2003
Commissioned
May 7, 2003
ABA rating
Qualified
Senior status
March 6, 2019

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
Local No 499, Bd of Trustees v. Art Iron, Inc. 22-3926 Decided Sept. 26, 2024
James Moyer v. GEICO 23-4015 Decided Aug. 26, 2024
United States v. John Jerome O'Hara 23-5720 Decided Aug. 20, 2024
United States v. T'Shaun Omar Jones 22-1281 Decided Aug. 29, 2023
Allstates Refractory Contractors v. Julie Su 22-3772 Decided Aug. 23, 2023
Michael Rop v. Federal Housing Finance Agency 20-2071 Decided Oct. 4, 2022
United States v. James Clark, III 21-6038 Decided Aug. 18, 2022 Authored
Peters Broadcast Eng'g, Inc. v. 24 Capital, LLC 21-3849 Decided July 13, 2022
Kevin Burns v. Tony Mays 14-6089 Decided April 13, 2022
Sofco Erectors, Inc. v. Trustees of the Ohio Operating Eng'rs Pension Fund 20-3639 Decided Sept. 28, 2021
United States v. Austin Woods 20-1215 Decided Sept. 17, 2021
Victor Taylor v. Scott Jordan 14-6508 Decided Aug. 23, 2021
Sharon Potter v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. 20-5550 Decided Aug. 16, 2021
United States v. Daniel Trevino 20-1104 Decided July 30, 2021
Alliance WOR Properties, LLC v. Illinois Methane, LLC 20-5396 Decided July 12, 2021
Richard Clemons v. John Couch 19-6411 Decided July 7, 2021
Billy Ison v. Madison Local Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. 20-4108 Decided July 7, 2021 Authored
Alva Tobias-Chaves v. Merrick Garland 20-4020 Decided June 8, 2021
LaTanya Wyatt v. Nissan N. Am., Inc. 20-5021 Decided May 28, 2021
AWGI, LLC v. Atlas Trucking Co., LLC 20-1726 Decided May 18, 2021 Authored

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion United States v. James Clark, III Sixth Circuit Aug. 18, 2022
Opinion Billy Ison v. Madison Local Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. Sixth Circuit July 7, 2021
Opinion AWGI, LLC v. Atlas Trucking Co., LLC Sixth Circuit May 18, 2021
Opinion Nicole Swiger v. Joel Rosette Sixth Circuit March 4, 2021
Opinion Corey Thompson v. Gregory Skipper Sixth Circuit Nov. 25, 2020
Opinion United States v. Robert Andrew Faber Sixth Circuit Feb. 19, 2020
Opinion Amanda Reich v. City of Elizabethtown, Ky. Sixth Circuit Dec. 19, 2019
Opinion Joy Spurr v. Melissa Lopez Pope Sixth Circuit Aug. 26, 2019
Opinion Louisiana-Pacific Corp. v. James Hardie Building Prods. Sixth Circuit June 28, 2019
Opinion John Schickel v. Craig Dilger Sixth Circuit May 30, 2019
Opinion United States v. Mohamed Belakhdhar Sixth Circuit May 28, 2019
Opinion United States v. John Roberts Sixth Circuit March 28, 2019
Opinion Edmund Zagorski v. Tony Mays Sixth Circuit Oct. 29, 2018
Opinion of the Court Losantiville Country Club v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue Sixth Circuit Oct. 15, 2018