Sixth Circuit
Ralph B. Guy Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- Ronald ReaganRepublican
- Seat
- CA61501
- Nominated
- July 23, 1985
- Committee hearing
- Sept. 11, 1985
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)Sept. 12, 1985
- Senate vote
- Voice
- Confirmed
- Oct. 16, 1985
- Commissioned
- Oct. 17, 1985
- Senior status
- Sept. 1, 1994
- Service ended
- April 20, 2026Death
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Judicial service history
Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.
| Court | Title | Commissioned | Ended | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Judge | May 12, 1976 | Oct. 17, 1985 Appointment to Another Judicial Position | Gerald Ford |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Judge | Oct. 17, 1985 | April 20, 2026 Death | Ronald Reagan |
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Sept. 18, 2023panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Timothy Carpenter
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Feb. 15, 2023panel identified Sat on the panel in Rocky Ratliff v. The Ohio State University
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Feb. 10, 2023panel identified Sat on the panel in Adelaida Garza v. Patrice Everly
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Dec. 14, 2022panel identified Sat on the panel in Timothy Moxley v. The Ohio State University
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Dec. 14, 2022panel identified Sat on the panel in Timothy Moxley v. The Ohio State University
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Dec. 5, 2022panel identified Sat on the panel in Shaina Kirkland v. City of Maryville, Tenn.
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Sept. 14, 2022panel identified Sat on the panel in Timothy Moxley v. The Ohio State University
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Aug. 19, 2022panel identified Sat on the panel in Nikolay Tantchev v. Merrick B. Garland
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July 26, 2022panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. David Butts
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May 19, 2022
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May 19, 2022panel identified Sat on the panel in Kola Hasanaj v. Detroit Pub. Schs. Cmty. Dist.
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May 2, 2022panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Alexander Ramirez-Figueredo
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
Judicial writings
No writings are attributed to this judge in the ingested records.
Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream — not that the judge has written nothing.