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Sixth Circuit

Deborah L. Cook

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

Senior Born 1952, Pittsburgh, PA 28 panel seats recorded

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
George W. BushRepublican president
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, 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

All cases

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

CaseNo.StatusDate
United States v. Tremaine Johnson 18-1675 Decided Aug. 7, 2019
United States v. Reynaldo Pineda-Duarte 18-6118 Decided July 31, 2019
United States v. Joey Wiseman, Jr. 18-3904 Decided July 26, 2019
Carlo Croce v. New York Times Co. 18-4158 Decided July 17, 2019
Bevan & Assocs., LPA v. Dave Yost 18-3262 Decided July 8, 2019
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. v. James Hardie Building Prods. 18-5913 Decided June 28, 2019 Authored
United States v. Lawrence Lynde 18-3725 Decided June 7, 2019
John Schickel v. Craig Dilger 17-6456/6505 Decided May 30, 2019 Authored
United States v. Mohamed Belakhdhar 18-1884 Decided May 28, 2019 Authored
Lexington H-L Servs., Inc. v. Lexington-Fayette Urban Cnty. Gov't 18-5851 Decided April 17, 2019
United States v. John Roberts 17-6512 Decided March 28, 2019 Authored
United States v. Charles Eason 18-5387 Decided March 22, 2019
Operating Eng'rs Local 324 v. Bourdow Contracting, Inc. 18-1491 Decided March 21, 2019
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
Gualterio Santos-Santos v. William P. Barr 18-3515 Decided Feb. 28, 2019
Lowe v. Bowers (In Re Nicole Gas Prod., Ltd.) 18-3301 Decided Feb. 22, 2019
Bobbie M. Smith v. Tipton Cty. Bd. of Educ. 18-5426 Decided Feb. 21, 2019
Franklin Am. Mortg. Co. v. Univ. Nat'l Bank of Lawrence 18-5035 Decided Dec. 6, 2018

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 United States v. John Roberts Sixth Circuit March 28, 2019
Opinion United States v. John Roberts Sixth Circuit March 28, 2019
Opinion Edmund Zagorski v. Tony Mays Sixth Circuit Oct. 29, 2018