United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit














United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
(6th Cir.)
US-CourtOfAppeals-6thCircuit-Seal.png
Location
Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse
(Cincinnati, Ohio)

Appeals from
  • Eastern District of Kentucky

  • Western District of Kentucky

  • Eastern District of Michigan

  • Western District of Michigan

  • Northern District of Ohio

  • Southern District of Ohio

  • Eastern District of Tennessee

  • Middle District of Tennessee

  • Western District of Tennessee

EstablishedJune 16, 1891
Judges16
Circuit JusticeSonia Sotomayor
Chief JudgeR. Guy Cole Jr.
www.ca6.uscourts.gov

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (in case citations, 6th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:


  • Eastern District of Kentucky

  • Western District of Kentucky

  • Eastern District of Michigan

  • Western District of Michigan

  • Northern District of Ohio

  • Southern District of Ohio

  • Eastern District of Tennessee

  • Middle District of Tennessee

  • Western District of Tennessee

The court is composed of sixteen judges and is based at the Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is one of thirteen United States courts of appeals.


William Howard Taft, the only person ever to serve as both President and Chief Justice of the United States, once served on the circuit. Four other judges of the Sixth Circuit have been elevated to serve on the Supreme Court.


Decisions issued by the Sixth Circuit were reversed by the United States Supreme Court 24 out of the 25 times they were reviewed in the five annual terms starting in October 2008 and ending in June 2013, a higher rate of reversal than for any other federal appellate court during that time period.[1]




Contents





  • 1 Current composition of the court


  • 2 Vacancies and pending nominations


  • 3 List of former judges


  • 4 Chief judges


  • 5 Succession of seats


  • 6 See also


  • 7 Notes


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links




Current composition of the court

















































































































































































































































































#
Title
Judge
Duty station
Born
Term of service
Appointed by
Active

Chief

Senior
56
Chief Judge

R. Guy Cole Jr.

Columbus, OH
1951
1995–present
2014–present


Clinton
53
Circuit Judge

Alice M. Batchelder

Medina, OH
1944
1991–present
2009–2014


G.H.W. Bush
55
Circuit Judge

Karen Nelson Moore

Cleveland, OH
1948
1995–present



Clinton
57
Circuit Judge

Eric L. Clay

Detroit, MI
1948
1997–present



Clinton
59
Circuit Judge

Julia Smith Gibbons

Memphis, TN
1950
2002–present



G.W. Bush
61
Circuit Judge

Jeffrey Sutton

Columbus, OH
1960
2003–present



G.W. Bush
62
Circuit Judge

Deborah L. Cook

Akron, OH
1952
2003–present



G.W. Bush
64
Circuit Judge

Richard Allen Griffin

Traverse City, MI
1952
2005–present



G.W. Bush
66
Circuit Judge

Raymond Kethledge

Ann Arbor, MI
1966
2008–present



G.W. Bush
67
Circuit Judge

Helene White

Detroit, MI
1954
2008–present



G.W. Bush
68
Circuit Judge

Jane Branstetter Stranch

Nashville, TN
1953
2010–present



Obama
69
Circuit Judge

Bernice B. Donald

Memphis, TN
1951
2011–present



Obama
70
Circuit Judge

Amul Thapar

Covington, KY
1969
2017–present



Trump
71
Circuit Judge

John K. Bush

Louisville, KY
1964
2017–present



Trump
72
Circuit Judge

Joan Larsen

Ann Arbor, MI
1968
2017–present



Trump
73
Circuit Judge

John B. Nalbandian

Covington, KY
1969
2018–present



Trump
36
Senior Circuit Judge

Damon Keith

Detroit, MI
1922
1977–1995

1995–present

Carter
37
Senior Circuit Judge

Gilbert S. Merritt Jr.

Nashville, TN
1936
1977–2001
1989–1996
2001–present

Carter
44
Senior Circuit Judge

Harry W. Wellford

inactive
1924
1982–1991

1991–present

Reagan
46
Senior Circuit Judge

Ralph B. Guy Jr.

Ann Arbor, MI
1929
1985–1994

1994–present

Reagan
48
Senior Circuit Judge

James L. Ryan

inactive
1932
1985–2000

2000–present

Reagan
49
Senior Circuit Judge

Danny Julian Boggs

Louisville, KY
1944
1986–2017
2003–2009
2017–present

Reagan
50
Senior Circuit Judge

Alan Eugene Norris

Columbus, OH
1935
1986–2001

2001–present

Reagan
51
Senior Circuit Judge

Richard Fred Suhrheinrich

Lansing, MI
1936
1990–2001

2001–present

G.H.W. Bush
52
Senior Circuit Judge

Eugene Edward Siler Jr.

London, KY
1936
1991–2001

2001–present

G.H.W. Bush
54
Senior Circuit Judge

Martha Craig Daughtrey

Nashville, TN
1942
1993–2009

2009–present

Clinton
58
Senior Circuit Judge

Ronald Lee Gilman

Memphis, TN
1942
1997–2010

2010–present

Clinton
60
Senior Circuit Judge

John M. Rogers

Lexington, KY
1948
2002–2018

2018–present

G.W. Bush
63
Senior Circuit Judge

David McKeague

Lansing, MI
1946
2005–2017

2017–present

G.W. Bush


Vacancies and pending nominations




















Seat
Prior Judge's Duty Station
Seat Last Held By
Vacancy Reason
Date of Vacancy
Nominee
Date of Nomination
9

Medina, OH

Alice M. Batchelder

Senior Status
TBD[2]
Eric E. Murphy
January 23, 2019
4

Akron, OH

Deborah L. Cook

Chad A. Readler


List of former judges
































































































































































































































































































































































































































#
Judge
State
Born–died
Active service

Chief Judge

Senior status
Appointed by
Reason for
termination
1

Howell Edmunds Jackson

TN
1832–1895
1891–1893


[3]elevated to Supreme Court
2

William Howard Taft

OH
1857–1930
1892–1900



B. Harrison
resignation
3

Horace Harmon Lurton

TN
1844–1914
1893–1909



Cleveland
elevated to Supreme Court
4

William R. Day

OH
1849–1923
1899–1903



McKinley
elevated to Supreme Court
5

Henry Franklin Severens

MI
1835–1923
1900–1911



McKinley
resignation
6

John K. Richards

OH
1856–1909
1903–1909



T. Roosevelt
death
7

John Wesley Warrington

OH
1844–1921
1909–1919

1919–1921

Taft
death
8

Loyal Edwin Knappen

MI
1854–1930
1910–1924

1924–1930

Taft
death
9

Arthur Carter Denison

MI
1861–1942
1911–1931



Taft
resignation
10

Maurice H. Donahue

OH
1864–1928
1919–1928



Wilson
death
11

Charles Harwood Moorman

KY
1876–1938
1925–1938



Coolidge
death
12

Xenophon Hicks

TN
1872–1952
1928–1952
1948–1952
1952–1952

Coolidge
death
13

Smith Hickenlooper

OH
1880–1933
1928–1933



Coolidge
death


Julian Mack

1866–1943
1929–1930


[4]reassignment to 2nd Cir.
14

Charles Casper Simons

MI
1876–1964
1932–1959
1952–1958
1959–1964

Hoover
death
15

Florence Ellinwood Allen

OH
1884–1966
1934–1959
1958–1959
1959–1966

F. Roosevelt
death
16

Elwood Hamilton

KY
1883–1945
1938–1945



F. Roosevelt
death
17

Herschel Whitfield Arant

OH
1887–1941
1939–1941



F. Roosevelt
death
18

John Donelson Martin Sr.

TN
1883–1962
1940–1962
1959–1959


F. Roosevelt
death
19

Thomas Francis McAllister

MI
1896–1976
1941–1963
1959–1961
1963–1976

F. Roosevelt
death
20

Shackelford Miller Jr.

KY
1892–1965
1945–1965
1961–1962
1965–1965

Truman
death
21

Potter Stewart

OH
1915–1985
1954–1958



Eisenhower
elevated to Supreme Court
22

Lester LeFevre Cecil

OH
1893–1983
1959–1965
1962–1963
1965–1982

Eisenhower
death
23

Paul Charles Weick

OH
1899–1997
1959–1981
1963–1969
1981–1997

Eisenhower
death
24

Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan

MI
1897–1975
1960–1969

1969–1975

Eisenhower
death
25

Harry Phillips

TN
1909–1985
1963–1979
1969–1979
1979–1985

Kennedy
death
26

George Clifton Edwards Jr.

MI
1914–1995
1963–1985
1979–1983
1985–1995

L. Johnson[5]
death
27

Anthony J. Celebrezze

OH
1910–1998
1965–1980

1980–1998

L. Johnson
death
28

John Weld Peck II

OH
1913–1993
1966–1978

1978–1993

L. Johnson
death
29

Wade H. McCree

MI
1920–1987
1966–1977



L. Johnson
resignation
30

Bert T. Combs

KY
1911–1991
1967–1970



L. Johnson
resignation
31

Henry Luesing Brooks

KY
1905–1971
1969–1971



Nixon
death
32

William Ernest Miller

TN
1908–1976
1970–1976



Nixon
death
33

W. Wallace Kent

MI
1916–1973
1970–1973



Nixon
death
34

Pierce Lively

KY
1921–2016
1972–1989
1983–1988
1989–2016

Nixon
death
35

Albert J. Engel Jr.

MI
1924–2013
1973–1989
1988–1989
1989–2013

Nixon
death
38

Bailey Brown

TN
1917–2004
1979–1982

1982–1997

Carter
retirement
39

Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy

MI
1923–2014
1979–1999

1999–2014

Carter
death
40

Boyce F. Martin Jr.

KY
1935–2016
1979–2013
1996–2003


Carter
retirement
41

Nathaniel R. Jones

OH
1926–present
1979–1995

1995–2002

Carter
retirement
42

Leroy John Contie Jr.

OH
1920–2001
1982–1986

1986–2001

Reagan
death
43

Robert B. Krupansky

OH
1921–2004
1982–1991

1991–2004

Reagan
death
45

Herbert Theodore Milburn

TN
1931–2016
1984–1996

1996–2016

Reagan
death
47

David Aldrich Nelson

OH
1932–2010
1985–1999

1999–2010

Reagan
death
65

Susan Bieke Neilson

MI
1956–2006
2005–2006



G.W. Bush
death


Chief judges




































Chief Judge
Hicks1948–1952
Simons1952–1958
Allen1958–1959
Martin1959–1959
McAllister1959–1961
S. Miller, Jr.1961–1962
Cecil1962–1963
Weick1963–1969
Phillips1969–1979
Edwards, Jr.1979–1983
Lively1983–1988
Engel, Jr.1988–1989
Merritt, Jr.1989–1996
Martin, Jr.1996–2003
Boggs2003–2009
Batchelder2009–2014
Cole, Jr.2014–present

Chief judges have administrative responsibilities with respect to their circuits, and preside over any panel on which they serve unless the circuit justice (i.e., the Supreme Court justice responsible for the circuit) is also on the panel. Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the circuit judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years or until age 70, whichever occurs first. The age restrictions are waived if no members of the court would otherwise be qualified for the position.


When the office was created in 1948, the chief judge was the longest-serving judge who had not elected to retire on what has since 1958 been known as senior status or declined to serve as chief judge. After August 6, 1959, judges could not become or remain chief after turning 70 years old. The current rules have been in operation since October 1, 1982.



Succession of seats


The court has sixteen seats for active judges, numbered in the order in which they were filled. Judges who retire into senior status remain on the bench but leave their seat vacant. That seat is filled by the next circuit judge appointed by the president.



































See also


  • Federal judicial appointment history#Sixth Circuit


Notes




  1. ^ Kedar Bhatia, October Term 2012 summary memo, SCOTUSblog (Jun. 29, 2013, 10:25 AM)


  2. ^ Future Judicial Vacancies


  3. ^ Jackson was appointed to as a circuit judge for the Sixth Circuit in 1886 by Grover Cleveland. The Judiciary Act of 1891 reassigned his seat to what is now the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.


  4. ^ Mack did not have a permanent seat on this court. Instead, he was appointed to the ill-fated United States Commerce Court in 1911 by William Howard Taft. Aside from their duties on the Commerce Court, the judges of the Commerce Court also acted as at-large appellate judges, able to be assigned by the Chief Justice of the United States to whichever circuit most needed help. Mack was assigned to the Seventh Circuit immediately prior to his assignment to the Sixth Circuit.


  5. ^ Edwards was nominated for a seat on the Sixth Circuit by President Kennedy, but he was confirmed after Kennedy's assassination and was appointed to the Sixth Circuit by (i.e., received his commission from) President Johnson.




References



  • "Standard Search". Federal Law Clerk Information System. Archived from the original on October 21, 2005. Retrieved June 26, 2005..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
    • primary but incomplete source for the duty stations


  • "Instructions for Judicial Directory". Website of the University of Texas Law School. Archived from the original on November 11, 2005. Retrieved July 4, 2005.
    • secondary source for the duty stations

    • data is current to 2002



  • "U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit". Official website of the Federal Judicial Center. Archived from the original on January 1, 2005. Retrieved June 26, 2005.
    • source for the state, lifetime, term of active judgeship, term of chief judgeship, term of senior judgeship, appointer, termination reason, and seat information


  • "Susan Bieke Neilson: She had a passion for justice". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on September 14, 2006. Retrieved February 7, 2006.
    • obituary for death of Susan Bieke Neilson


External links




  • United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

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