Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

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

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
James King v. United States 24-1900 Decided July 10, 2025 Authored
United States v. Michael Terry, Jr. 22-1961 Decided Oct. 13, 2023 Authored
Robert Sean Reed v. Campbell Cnty., Ky. 22-5751 Decided Aug. 30, 2023
United States v. Eduardo Rios Velasquez 21-4106 Decided Aug. 28, 2023 Authored
Livingston Educ. Serv. v. Xavier Becerra 22-1257 Decided June 29, 2023
Randy Haight v. Scott Jordan 17-6095 Decided Feb. 9, 2023
Digital Media Solutions, LLC v. S. Univ. of Ohio, LLC 21-4014 Decided Feb. 7, 2023
United States v. Timmy Fields 20-5521 Decided Nov. 23, 2022
Polyweave Packaging, Inc. v. Peter Buttigieg 21-5929 Decided Oct. 20, 2022 Authored
Carrie Davis v. Colerain Twp., Ohio 21-3723 Decided Oct. 11, 2022
James King v. United States 17-2101 Decided Sept. 21, 2022 Authored
Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. v. James Griffith, Jr. 21-6088 Decided Sept. 21, 2022
James Mammone, III v. Charlotte Jenkins 20-3069 Decided Sept. 21, 2022
Mark Messing v. Provident Life and Accident Ins. Co. 21-2790 Decided Sept. 9, 2022
Connie Thacker v. Ethicon, Inc. 21-6193 Decided Aug. 26, 2022
Donna Sherwood v. TVA 21-5927 Decided Aug. 22, 2022 Authored
Joseph Meadows v. City of Walker, Mich. 21-1548 Decided Aug. 18, 2022 Authored
United States v. Timmy Fields 20-5521 Decided Aug. 10, 2022
E. Johnston, Jr. v. Henry Hildebrand, III 20-5497 Decided July 19, 2022
Max Rack, Inc. v. Core Health & Fitness, LLC 20-3600 Decided July 14, 2022

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