Kevin Gafford Ritz

Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Title

Judge

Appointed by

Joseph R. BidenDemocratic president

Seat

CA60209

Nominated

March 21, 2024

Committee hearing

April 17, 2024

Committee action

Reported (favorably)May 9, 2024

Senate vote

48–46Roll Call

Confirmed

Sept. 16, 2024

Commissioned

Sept. 19, 2024

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.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• Aug. 6
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Demond Liles v. V. Michael Fisher
• Aug. 6
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Demond Liles v. V. Michael Fisher
• July 28
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Socorro Perez-Hernandez v. Todd Blanche
• July 28
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Socorro Perez-Hernandez v. Todd Blanche
• July 27
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Brendon Taylor v. Jesse Hooven
• July 27
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Brendon Taylor v. Jesse Hooven
• July 24
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Rishad Williams
• July 20
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Lindsay Dyda v. Michigan Sec'y of State
• July 13
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Amy DiChiara v. Summit Medical Group, Inc.
• July 9
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Kyle Millis v. Randee Rewerts
• July 9
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Kyle Millis v. Randee Rewerts
• July 2
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Jeremy Wayne Harrell

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

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