Federal judiciary
Michael P. Shea
Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- Barack ObamaDemocratic
- Seat
- CTD0603
- Nominated
- Feb. 2, 2012
- Committee hearing
- March 28, 2012
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)April 26, 2012
- Senate vote
- 72–23Roll Call
- Confirmed
- Dec. 5, 2012
- Commissioned
- Dec. 7, 2012
- ABA rating
- Qualified
- Chief Judge from
- Jan. 1, 2022
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Aug. 11
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Aug. 7, 2025
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
No panel assignments recorded in the ingested window.
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Glover v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company | Second Circuit | Aug. 11, 2026 |
| Opinion | Boehringer Ingelheim Pharms., Inc. v. Dep't of Health & Hum. Servs. | Second Circuit | Aug. 7, 2025 |