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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
William J. ClintonDemocratic
Seat
CA61701
Nominated
Aug. 6, 1993
Committee hearing
Oct. 20, 1993
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Nov. 18, 1993
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Nov. 20, 1993
Commissioned
Nov. 22, 1993
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
Jan. 1, 2009

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
Memphis Center for Reproductive Health v. Herbert Slatery, III 20-5969 Decided Feb. 2, 2022
United States v. Kenneth Sadler 19-2221 Decided Jan. 21, 2022
The Ohio Adjutant General's Dep't v. Fed. Lab. Relations Auth. 20-3908 Decided Dec. 21, 2021
Gary Harris v. United States 21-5040 Decided Dec. 1, 2021 Authored
Memphis Center for Reprod. Health v. Herbert Slatery, III 20-5969 Decided Sept. 10, 2021 Authored
Kelly Rhodes v. State of Mich. 20-1246 Decided Aug. 24, 2021
Abdul Baaghil v. Stephen Miller 20-1802 Decided June 14, 2021
Benton Benalcazar v. Genoa Twp., Ohio 20-4044 Decided June 10, 2021
Patrick Baker v. Iron Workers Local 25 20-1946 Decided May 28, 2021
United States v. Jeffery Wills 20-6142 Decided May 14, 2021
United States v. Ian Owens 20-2139 Decided May 6, 2021
United States v. Peter Combs 18-6003 Decided April 22, 2021
United States v. Jeffery Wills 20-6142 Decided March 19, 2021
Derrick Taylor v. Angela Owens 20-5648 Decided March 9, 2021
United States v. Jennifer Riccardi 19-4232 Decided March 3, 2021
Avtar Singh v. Jeffrey Rosen 20-3127 Decided Jan. 7, 2021
United States v. Peter Combs 18-6003 Decided Jan. 5, 2021
CHKRS, LLC v. City of Dublin, Ohio 20-3435 Decided Jan. 4, 2021
RJ Control Consultants, Inc. v. Multiject, LLC 20-1009 Decided Nov. 23, 2020
Borror Property Mgmt v. Oro Karric North 20-3146 Decided Oct. 29, 2020

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion Gary Harris v. United States Sixth Circuit Dec. 1, 2021
Opinion Memphis Center for Reprod. Health v. Herbert Slatery, III Sixth Circuit Sept. 10, 2021
Opinion Memphis Center for Reprod. Health v. Herbert Slatery, III Sixth Circuit Sept. 10, 2021
Opinion United States v. Adam Libbey-Tipton Sixth Circuit Jan. 23, 2020
Opinion Jerome Byrd v. Greg Skipper Sixth Circuit Oct. 8, 2019
Opinion Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region v. Mike DeWine Sixth Circuit July 25, 2019
Opinion Imogene Shepherd v. Incoal, Inc. Sixth Circuit Feb. 6, 2019
Opinion Neil Morgan v. Fairfield Cty., Ohio Sixth Circuit Sept. 6, 2018
Opinion Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. v. Findlay Indus., Inc. Sixth Circuit Sept. 4, 2018