Sixth Circuit
Raymond M. Kethledge
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
- George W. BushRepublican president
- Seat
- CA60605
- Nominated
- March 19, 2007
- Committee hearing
- May 7, 2008
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)June 12, 2008
- Senate vote
- Voice
- Confirmed
- June 24, 2008
- Commissioned
- July 7, 2008
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
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.
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Aug. 14panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Tianna Barber
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Aug. 14panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Tianna Barber
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Aug. 6panel identified Sat on the panel in Demond Liles v. V. Michael Fisher
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Aug. 6panel identified Sat on the panel in Demond Liles v. V. Michael Fisher
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Aug. 5opinion issued Authored the opinion in Marion Sinclair v. Andrew Meisner
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Aug. 5panel identified Sat on the panel in Marion Sinclair v. Andrew Meisner
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July 21opinion issued Authored the opinion in Melvin Steger v. Steven Willis
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July 21
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July 21panel identified Sat on the panel in Melvin Steger v. Steven Willis
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July 9panel identified Sat on the panel in Kyle Millis v. Randee Rewerts
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June 16opinion issued Authored the opinion in Aaron Hall v. Trivest Partners L.P.
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May 13panel identified Sat on the panel in Andrea Tumbleson v. Lakota Local Sch. Dist.
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Opinion | Marion Sinclair v. Andrew Meisner | Sixth Circuit | Aug. 5, 2026 |
| Opinion | Melvin Steger v. Steven Willis | Sixth Circuit | July 21, 2026 |
| Opinion | Aaron Hall v. Trivest Partners L.P. | Sixth Circuit | June 16, 2026 |
| Opinion | John Ream v. U.S. Dep't of the Treasury | Sixth Circuit | April 21, 2026 |
| Opinion | Mary Bleick v. Sheryl Maxfield | Sixth Circuit | March 10, 2026 |
| Opinion | Catholic Charities of Jackson v. Gretchen Whitmer | Sixth Circuit | Dec. 17, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Stacy Owens | Sixth Circuit | Dec. 8, 2025 |
| Opinion | Avient Corp. v. Westlake Vinyls, Inc. | Sixth Circuit | July 29, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Richard Maike | Sixth Circuit | June 26, 2025 |
| Opinion | Jason Counts v. General Motors, LLC | Sixth Circuit | June 6, 2025 |
| Opinion | Michael Poffenbarger v. Frank Kendall, III | Sixth Circuit | May 12, 2025 |
| Opinion | Georgia-Pacific Consumer Prods. LP v. NCR Corp. | Sixth Circuit | May 12, 2025 |
| Opinion | Amaury Villa v. United States | Sixth Circuit | April 29, 2025 |
| Opinion | Nikki Bollinger Grae v. Corrections Corp. of Am. | Sixth Circuit | April 17, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Jay Sadrinia | Sixth Circuit | April 16, 2025 |
| Opinion | William Myre v. Oxford Cmty. Sch. Dist. | Sixth Circuit | March 20, 2025 |
| Opinion | William A. v. Clarksville-Montgomery Cnty. Sch. Sys. | Sixth Circuit | Feb. 3, 2025 |
| Opinion | Broadgate, Inc v. Julie Su | Sixth Circuit | Dec. 20, 2024 |
| Opinion | Cristi Campbell v. April Riahi | Sixth Circuit | July 29, 2024 |
| Opinion | Najean Lucky v. Landmark Med. of Mich., P.C. | Sixth Circuit | June 12, 2024 |