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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
William J. ClintonDemocratic president
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, 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
Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region v. Mike DeWine 17-3866/3867 Decided July 25, 2019 Authored
United States v. Jeffery Havis 17-5772 Decided June 6, 2019
Eduardo Jacobs v. Raymon Alam 17-2159/18-1124 Decided Feb. 8, 2019
Imogene Shepherd v. Incoal, Inc. 17-4313 Decided Feb. 6, 2019 Authored
United States v. Ronald Bedford 18-5627 Decided Jan. 23, 2019
E. Coast Miner LLC v. Nixon Peabody LLP (In Re Licking River Mining, LLC) 17-6310 Decided Dec. 28, 2018
United States v. Jeffery Havis 17-5772 Decided Oct. 22, 2018
Daynel Rodriguez-Penton v. United States 15-6306 Decided Oct. 2, 2018
Neil Morgan v. Fairfield Cty., Ohio 17-4027 Decided Sept. 6, 2018 Authored
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. v. Findlay Indus., Inc. 17-3520 Decided Sept. 4, 2018 Authored

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