Sixth Circuit
John M. Rogers
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
- 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.
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July 10, 2025opinion issued Authored the opinion in James King v. United States
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Oct. 13, 2023opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Michael Terry, Jr.
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Aug. 28, 2023
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Oct. 20, 2022
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Sept. 21, 2022opinion issued Authored the opinion in James King v. United States
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Aug. 22, 2022opinion issued Authored the opinion in Donna Sherwood v. TVA
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Aug. 18, 2022
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May 16, 2022
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March 3, 2022opinion issued Authored the opinion in Linda Moser v. Etowah Police Dep't
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Nov. 17, 2021
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Nov. 3, 2021opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. John Bass
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Aug. 17, 2021opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Edmund Phillips
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
| Case | No. | Status | Date | |
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| 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.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| 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 |