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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
George H.W. BushRepublican
Seat
CA60110
Nominated
April 18, 1990
Committee hearing
June 11, 1990
Committee action
Reported (favorably)June 27, 1990
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
June 28, 1990
Commissioned
July 10, 1990
ABA rating
Qualified
Senior status
Aug. 15, 2001

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Judge Oct. 4, 1984 July 13, 1990 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Ronald Reagan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Judge July 10, 1990 In service George H.W. Bush

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
Sheryl Miller v. William Beaumont Hosp. 24-1044 Decided Dec. 3, 2025
Outdoor One Communications LLC v. Charter Twp. of Canton, Mich. 24-1496 Decided Oct. 8, 2025
United States v. Joshua Brown 24-5199 Decided June 17, 2025 Authored
Jeff Kean v. Brinker Int'l, Inc. 24-5514 Decided June 17, 2025
Whitney Hodges v. City of Grand Rapids, Mich. 24-1615 Decided May 30, 2025
Energy Michigan, Inc. v. MI Public Service Commission 23-1324 Decided Jan. 16, 2025
United States v. Michael Harvel 23-5416 Decided Aug. 29, 2024
United States ex rel. Michael Angelo v. Allstate Ins. Co. 23-1196 Decided June 27, 2024
Sanket Hasmukhbai Patel v. Ur Jaddou 23-5867 Decided Feb. 9, 2024
Rudolph Betancourt v. Indian Hills Plaza LLC 23-1316 Decided Dec. 5, 2023
United States v. James Wilder, II 22-2129 Decided Dec. 4, 2023
International Outdoor, Inc. v. City of Troy, Mich. 21-1544 Decided Aug. 10, 2023
United States v. Dimitar Petlechkov 22-6044 Decided June 28, 2023
United States v. Nigel Medlin 22-5099 Decided April 17, 2023
Dominique Dushon Gilbert v. United States 21-2806 Decided April 7, 2023 Authored
John Doe v. Oberlin College 20-3482 Decided Feb. 14, 2023
Deanna Puskas v. Delaware Cnty., Ohio 22-3390 Decided Jan. 5, 2023 Authored
R. K. v. Bill Lee 22-5004 Decided Nov. 18, 2022
Edward Render v. FCA US, LLC 21-2851 Decided Nov. 16, 2022
Caudill Seed & Warehouse Co. v. Jarrow Formulas, Inc. 21-5345 Decided Nov. 10, 2022

Judicial writings

Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion United States v. Joshua Brown Sixth Circuit June 17, 2025
Opinion Dominique Dushon Gilbert v. United States Sixth Circuit April 7, 2023
Opinion Deanna Puskas v. Delaware Cnty., Ohio Sixth Circuit Jan. 5, 2023
Opinion James Myers v. City of Centerville, Ohio Sixth Circuit July 21, 2022
Opinion United States v. John Maddux, Jr. Sixth Circuit June 22, 2022
Opinion United States v. John Maddux, Jr. Sixth Circuit June 22, 2022
Opinion United States v. Robert Wallace Sixth Circuit April 11, 2022
Opinion Jacob Clark v. Bernadette Stone Sixth Circuit May 19, 2021
Opinion Denece Thomas v. TOMS King (Ohio), LLC Sixth Circuit May 11, 2021
Opinion United States v. Jason Rosales Sixth Circuit March 12, 2021
Opinion Buck Ryan v. David Blackwell Sixth Circuit Nov. 3, 2020
Opinion Buck Ryan v. David Blackwell Sixth Circuit Nov. 3, 2020
Opinion United States v. Scott Wombold Sixth Circuit Oct. 29, 2020
Opinion United States v. Scott Wombold Sixth Circuit Oct. 14, 2020
Opinion Hiller, LLC v. Success Group Int'l Sixth Circuit Sept. 23, 2020
Opinion United States v. Solon Tatum Sixth Circuit June 3, 2020
Opinion Jacob Andrews v. Wayne Cty., Mich. Sixth Circuit May 4, 2020
Opinion UAW v. NLRB Sixth Circuit April 13, 2020
Opinion Chris Hartman v. Jeremy Thompson Sixth Circuit July 23, 2019
Opinion Firstenergy Generation, LLC v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. Sixth Circuit July 2, 2019