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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
George W. BushRepublican president
Seat
CA60706
Nominated
Dec. 19, 2001
Committee hearing
June 13, 2002
Committee action
Reported (favorably)June 27, 2002
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Nov. 14, 2002
Commissioned
Nov. 26, 2002
ABA rating
Qualified
Senior status
May 15, 2018

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

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

CaseNo.StatusDate
Jerremy Dyer v. Ventra Sandusky 18-3802 Decided Aug. 8, 2019
Knight Capital Partners Corp. v. Henkel AG & Co. 18-2189 Decided July 16, 2019
Marcus Magnum Reign v. Lori Gidley 18-1086 Decided July 10, 2019 Authored
United States v. Courtney Gillispie 18-5894 Decided July 10, 2019
United States v. Robert Ledbetter 17-3309 Decided July 3, 2019 Authored
Quincy Dennis v. J.A. Terris 18-2081 Decided June 21, 2019
Mario Cavin v. Mich. Dep't of Corr. 18-1346 Decided June 17, 2019
Adam Kanuszewski v. Mich. Dep't of Health & Human Servs. 18-1896 Decided June 10, 2019
United States v. Dean Doutt 18-3750 Decided June 4, 2019
United States v. Tyrone Christian 17-1799 Decided May 31, 2019 Authored
Kwame Ajamu v. City of Cleveland 17-3840; 17-3843 Decided May 20, 2019
Derek Edmonds v. Aaron Smith 17-5982 Decided April 26, 2019 Authored
Duryane Chaney v. United States 17-2024 Decided March 11, 2019 Authored
Harker v. PNC Mortg. Co. (In Re Oakes) 18-3194 Decided March 5, 2019
James King v. United States 17-2101 Decided Feb. 25, 2019
Airgas USA, LLC v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. 18-1686/1771 Decided Feb. 21, 2019
Darrell Ewing v. Connie Horton 17-2485 Decided Feb. 5, 2019 Authored
David Haddad v. Randall Gregg 18-1660 Decided Dec. 3, 2018
Willie Ousley v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. 17-5206; 17-5211; 17-5212; 17-5213; 17-5214; 17-5215; 17-5216; 17-5598; 17-5614 Decided Nov. 21, 2018
John Olagues v. Ward Timken, Jr. 18-3351 Decided Nov. 14, 2018

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion James King v. United States Sixth Circuit July 10, 2025
Opinion United States v. Michael Terry, Jr. Sixth Circuit Oct. 13, 2023
Opinion United States v. Eduardo Rios Velasquez Sixth Circuit Aug. 28, 2023
Opinion Polyweave Packaging, Inc. v. Peter Buttigieg Sixth Circuit Oct. 20, 2022
Opinion James King v. United States Sixth Circuit Sept. 21, 2022
Opinion Donna Sherwood v. TVA Sixth Circuit Aug. 22, 2022
Opinion Joseph Meadows v. City of Walker, Mich. Sixth Circuit Aug. 18, 2022
Opinion U.S. ex rel. USN4U, LLC v. Wolf Creek Fed. Servs., Inc. Sixth Circuit May 16, 2022
Opinion Linda Moser v. Etowah Police Dep't Sixth Circuit March 3, 2022
Opinion Wendy Browning v. Edmonson Cnty., Ky. Sixth Circuit Nov. 17, 2021
Opinion United States v. John Bass Sixth Circuit Nov. 3, 2021
Opinion United States v. Edmund Phillips Sixth Circuit Aug. 17, 2021
Opinion Kimissa Rowland v. Southern Health Partners, Inc Sixth Circuit July 21, 2021
Opinion Kimissa Rowland v. Southern Health Partners, Inc Sixth Circuit July 21, 2021
Opinion Kimissa Rowland v. Southern Health Partners, Inc Sixth Circuit July 21, 2021
Opinion United States v. Sixth Circuit Jan. 26, 2021
Opinion U.S. ex rel., Paul Dorsa v. Miraca Life Sciences, Inc. Sixth Circuit Dec. 30, 2020
Opinion United States v. Jodi Budzynski Sixth Circuit Nov. 25, 2020
Opinion United States v. Anthony Palos Sixth Circuit Oct. 15, 2020
Opinion United States v. Harry French Sixth Circuit Sept. 30, 2020