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 president
- 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, 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.
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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Feb. 12, 2019panel identified Sat on the panel in R. Alexander Acosta v. Off Duty Police Servs.
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Jan. 30, 2019panel identified Sat on the panel in Frieda Aaron v. Maureen O'Connor
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Dec. 14, 2018panel identified Sat on the panel in Leonel Hernandez-Perez v. Matthew Whitaker
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Sept. 20, 2018panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Erik McCoy
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
| Case | No. | Status | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tara Keen v. Robert Helson | 18-6035 | Decided | July 18, 2019 | |
| Lamont Heard v. Tom Finco | 18-2371 | Decided | July 15, 2019 | |
| Renee Fazica v. Zachary Jordan | 18-1457 | Decided | June 10, 2019 | |
| Michael Booth v. Nissan N. Am., Inc. | 18-5985 | Decided | June 7, 2019 | |
| John Doe v. BlueCross BlueShield of Tenn., Inc. | 18-5897 | Decided | June 4, 2019 | |
| Howard Holt v. City of Battle Creek | 18-1981 | Decided | June 3, 2019 | |
| Peter Mager v. Wisconsin Central Ltd. | 18-1421 | Decided | May 15, 2019 | |
| Billy F. Hawk, Jr., GST Non-Exempt Marital Trust v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue | 18-1534 | Decided | May 15, 2019 | |
| William Gardner v. Jason Evans | 17-1933 | Decided | April 4, 2019 | |
| R. Alexander Acosta v. Off Duty Police Servs. | 17-5995/6071 | Decided | Feb. 12, 2019 | |
| Frieda Aaron v. Maureen O'Connor | 18-3452 | Decided | Jan. 30, 2019 | |
| Leonel Hernandez-Perez v. Matthew Whitaker | 18-3137 | Decided | Dec. 14, 2018 | |
| United States v. Erik McCoy | 17-4245 | Decided | Sept. 20, 2018 |
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.