Sixth Circuit
Joan Louise Larsen
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
- Donald J. TrumpRepublican president
- Seat
- CA60112
- Nominated
- May 8, 2017
- Committee hearing
- Sept. 6, 2017
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)Oct. 5, 2017
- Senate vote
- 60–38Roll Call
- Confirmed
- Nov. 1, 2017
- Commissioned
- Nov. 2, 2017
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
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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Aug. 14opinion issued Authored the opinion in Roy West v. United States
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Aug. 14panel identified Sat on the panel in Roy West v. United States
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Aug. 4
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Aug. 4panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Hugo Oziel Benavides
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July 27panel identified Sat on the panel in In Home Health, LLC v. Robert Kennedy, Jr.
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July 22panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Martin Murff
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July 16panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Samuel Arellio Hernandez
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July 13
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July 13panel identified Sat on the panel in Amy DiChiara v. Summit Medical Group, Inc.
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July 10panel identified Sat on the panel in Stephen Gmeiner v. Keri Kent
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June 30panel identified Sat on the panel in Mary Ann Bender v. Village of Mariemont
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June 26panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Austin Eugene Lineback
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 | Roy West v. United States | Sixth Circuit | Aug. 14, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Hugo Oziel Benavides | Sixth Circuit | Aug. 4, 2026 |
| Opinion | Amy DiChiara v. Summit Medical Group, Inc. | Sixth Circuit | July 13, 2026 |
| Opinion | Sam Morris v. Todd Blanche | Sixth Circuit | June 25, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Seth Hoover | Sixth Circuit | June 24, 2026 |
| Opinion | Alexandre Ansari v. Moises Jimenez | Sixth Circuit | May 14, 2026 |
| Opinion | John Griswold v. Trinity Health Michigan | Sixth Circuit | May 11, 2026 |
| Opinion | Energy and Policy Inst. v. TVA | Sixth Circuit | May 8, 2026 |
| Opinion | Mark Stanalajczo v. Brandonn Perry | Sixth Circuit | May 4, 2026 |
| Opinion | Barbara Mercer v. Anthony Stewart | Sixth Circuit | April 2, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Michael Wayne Bailey | Sixth Circuit | March 23, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Lawrence Mark Sherman | Sixth Circuit | Feb. 27, 2026 |
| Opinion | Darell Chancellor v. Stephen Geelhood | Sixth Circuit | Feb. 25, 2026 |
| Opinion | Michon Houston v. Jeff Tanner | Sixth Circuit | Nov. 21, 2025 |
| Opinion | Outdoor One Communications LLC v. Charter Twp. of Canton, Mich. | Sixth Circuit | Oct. 8, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Corwin Monte Jett, Jr. | Sixth Circuit | Oct. 7, 2025 |
| Opinion | Miguel Angel Guzman-Torralva v. Pamela Bondi | Sixth Circuit | Sept. 17, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Mark Alan Deakins | Sixth Circuit | Sept. 10, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Yogesh Pancholi | Sixth Circuit | Aug. 5, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Edwin Santiago | Sixth Circuit | June 6, 2025 |