Sixth Circuit
Helene N. White
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- George W. BushRepublican president
- Seat
- CA61103
- Nominated
- April 15, 2008
- Committee hearing
- May 7, 2008
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)June 12, 2008
- Senate vote
- 63–32Roll Call
- Confirmed
- June 24, 2008
- Commissioned
- Aug. 8, 2008
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Senior status
- June 13, 2022
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.
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July 21
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July 16panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Samuel Arellio Hernandez
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June 26panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Austin Eugene Lineback
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May 29opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Radu Miclaus
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May 27panel identified Sat on the panel in Flight Options, LLC v. United States
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May 14panel identified Sat on the panel in Alexandre Ansari v. Moises Jimenez
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May 1
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April 23
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March 26panel identified Sat on the panel in Machelle Pearson v. MDOC
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March 26panel identified Sat on the panel in Machelle Pearson v. MDOC
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March 11panel identified Sat on the panel in Luther Poynter v. Aaron Bennett
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March 2panel identified Sat on the panel in Gun Owners of Am., Inc. v. Pamela Bondi
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Opinion | Am. Ass'n of Nurse Anesthesiology v. Robert Kennedy, Jr. | Sixth Circuit | July 21, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Radu Miclaus | Sixth Circuit | May 29, 2026 |
| Opinion | Cory Driscoll v. Montgomery Cnty. Bd. of Comm'rs | Sixth Circuit | April 23, 2026 |
| Opinion | Prime Financial, Inc. v. Mark Shapiro | Sixth Circuit | Dec. 22, 2025 |
| Opinion | Sierra Club v. EPA | Sixth Circuit | Dec. 5, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Davon Tooley | Sixth Circuit | Oct. 23, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. John Gordon | Sixth Circuit | Oct. 14, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Tracey Shaw | Sixth Circuit | June 5, 2025 |
| Opinion | Holly Lawson v. Kayla Creely | Sixth Circuit | May 16, 2025 |
| Opinion | Percy Dwayne Brown v. Louisville-Jefferson Cnty. Metro Gov't | Sixth Circuit | April 30, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Mark Dyer | Sixth Circuit | April 3, 2025 |
| Opinion | David Ermold v. Kim Davis | Sixth Circuit | March 6, 2025 |
| Opinion | Louis Chandler v. Mike Brown | Sixth Circuit | Jan. 24, 2025 |
| Opinion | Gary McNeal v. City of Blue Ash, Ohio | Sixth Circuit | Sept. 23, 2024 |
| Opinion | Oakland Tactical Supply, LLC v. Howell Township, Mich. | Sixth Circuit | May 31, 2024 |
| Opinion | Benny Hodge v. Scott Jordan | Sixth Circuit | Feb. 22, 2024 |
| Opinion | Stephen Caudle v. Hard Drive Express, Inc. | Sixth Circuit | Feb. 7, 2024 |
| Opinion | Christina Littler v. Ohio Ass'n of Pub. Sch. Emps. | Sixth Circuit | Dec. 21, 2023 |
| Opinion | United States v. Joseph Samir Zakhari | Sixth Circuit | Oct. 23, 2023 |
| Opinion | Paul Abbott v. United States | Sixth Circuit | Aug. 17, 2023 |