United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
(E.D. Mich.)
Appeals to Sixth Circuit
Established February 24, 1863
Judges assigned 15
Chief judge Gerald Ellis Rosen
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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (in case citations, E.D. Mich.) is the Federal district court with jurisdiction over of the eastern portion of the state of Michigan. The Court is based in Detroit, with courthouses also located in Ann Arbor, Bay City, Flint, and Port Huron. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has appellate jurisdiction over the court (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

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History

The United States District Court for the District of Michigan was established on July 1, 1836, by 5 Stat. 61, with a single judgeship.[1] The district court was not assigned to a judicial circuit, but was granted the same jurisdiction as United States circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Due to the so-called "Toledo War", a boundary dispute with Ohio, Michigan did not become a state of the Union until January 26, 1837. On March 3, 1837, Congress passed an act that repealed the circuit court jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the District of Michigan, assigned the District of Michigan to the Seventh Circuit, and established a U.S. circuit court for the district, 5 Stat. 176.[1]

On July 15, 1862, Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned Michigan to the Eighth Circuit by 12 Stat. 576,[1] and on January 28, 1863, the Congress again reorganized Seventh and Eight Circuits and assigned Michigan to the Seventh Circuit, by 12 Stat. 637.[1] On February 24, 1863, Congress divided the District of Michigan into the Eastern and the Western Districts, with one judgeship authorized for each district, by 12 Stat. 660.[1]

Ross Wilkins, who had been the only district judge to serve the District of Michigan, was reassigned to the Eastern District.[1][2]

Current judges

Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan:

# Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by
Active Chief Senior
46 Chief Judge Gerald Ellis Rosen Detroit 1951 1990–present 2009–present — G.H.W. Bush
47 District Judge Robert Hardy Cleland Detroit 1947 1990–present — — G.H.W. Bush
48 District Judge Nancy Garlock Edmunds Detroit 1947 1992–present — — G.H.W. Bush
49 District Judge Denise Page Hood Detroit 1952 1994–present — — Clinton
50 District Judge Paul D. Borman Detroit 1939 1994–present — — Clinton
52 District Judge George Caram Steeh III Detroit 1947 1998–present — — Clinton
54 District Judge Victoria A. Roberts Detroit 1951 1998–present — — Clinton
55 District Judge Marianne O. Battani Detroit 1944 2000–present — — Clinton
56 District Judge David M. Lawson Detroit 1951 2000–present — — Clinton
57 District Judge Sean Cox Detroit 1957 2006–present — — G.W. Bush
58 District Judge Thomas Lamson Ludington Bay City 1953 2006–present — — G.W. Bush
59 District Judge Stephen Murphy III Detroit 1962 2008–present — — G.W. Bush
60 District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith Flint 1952 2010–present — — Obama
— District Judge (vacant) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
— District Judge (vacant) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
28 Senior District Judge Charles Wycliffe Joiner 1916 1972–1984 (none) 1984–present Nixon
29 Senior District Judge R. James Harvey 1922 1973–1984 (none) 1984–present Nixon
30 Senior District Judge James Paul Churchill 1924 1974–1989 1989 1989–present Ford
33 Senior District Judge Julian Abele Cook Jr. Detroit 1930 1978–1996 1989–1996 1996–present Carter
34 Senior District Judge Avern Cohn Detroit 1924 1979–1999 (none) 1999–present Carter
35 Senior District Judge Stewart Albert Newblatt 1927 1979–1993 (none) 1993–present Carter
36 Senior District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor Detroit 1932 1979–1998 1996–1998 1998–present Carter
37 Senior District Judge Horace Weldon Gilmore 1918 1980–1991 (none) 1991–present Carter
41 Senior District Judge Lawrence Paul Zatkoff Port Huron 1939 1986–2004 1999–2004 2004–present Reagan
43 Senior District Judge Patrick J. Duggan Detroit 1933 1986–2000 (none) 2000–present Reagan
44 Senior District Judge Bernard A. Friedman Detroit 1943 1988–2009 2004–2009 2009–present Reagan
51 Senior District Judge John Corbett O'Meara Ann Arbor 1933 1994–2007 (none) 2007–present Clinton
53 Senior District Judge Arthur Tarnow Detroit 1942 1998–2010 (none) 2010–present Clinton

Former judges

Judge Appointed by Began active
service		 Ended active
service		 Ended senior
status		 End reason
Alexis Caswell Angell William Howard Taft 01911-03-02 March 2, 1911 01912-06-01 June 1, 1912 – resignation
Patricia Jean Ehrhardt Pernick Boyle Jimmy Carter 01978-09-23 September 23, 1978 01983-04-20 April 20, 1983 – resignation
Henry Billings Brown Ulysses Grant 01875-03-19 March 19, 1875 01890-12-30 December 30, 1890 – reappointment
Robert Edward DeMascio Richard Nixon 01971-07-22 July 22, 1971 01988-01-16 January 16, 1988 01999-03-23 March 23, 1999 death
John Feikens Dwight D. Eisenhower 01960-10-13 October 13, 1960[3] 01961-09-27 September 27, 1961 02011-05-15 May 15, 2011 death
Ralph M. Freeman Dwight D. Eisenhower 01954-06-10 June 10, 1954 01973-07-01 July 1, 1973 01990-03-29 March 29, 1990 death
Lawrence Gubow Lyndon B. Johnson 01968-09-14 September 14, 1968 01978-03-26 March 26, 1978 – death
Ralph B. Guy, Jr. Gerald Ford 01976-05-12 May 12, 1976 01985-10-17 October 17, 1985 – reappointment
Barbara Kloka Hackett Ronald Reagan 01986-04-07 April 7, 1986 01997-04-08 April 8, 1997 02000-03-01 March 1, 2000 retirement
Frederick William Kaess Dwight D. Eisenhower 01960-07-06 July 6, 1960 01975-12-13 December 13, 1975 01979-03-30 March 30, 1979 death
Damon Keith Lyndon B. Johnson 01967-10-12 October 12, 1967 01977-11-22 November 22, 1977 – reappointment
Paul V. Gadola Ronald Reagan 01988-10-17 October 17, 1988 02001-01-31 January 31, 2001 02008-09-30 September 30, 2008 retirement
Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy Richard Nixon 01970-10-07 October 7, 1970 01979-10-03 October 3, 1979 – reappointment
Arthur A. Koscinski Harry S. Truman 01945-07-18 July 18, 1945 01957-04-30 April 30, 1957 01957-11-21 November 21, 1957 death
George La Plata Ronald Reagan 01985-04-04 April 4, 1985 01996-08-03 August 3, 1996 – retirement
Arthur F. Lederle Franklin D. Roosevelt 01936-03-06 March 6, 1936 01960-07-01 July 1, 1960 01972-04-29 April 29, 1972 death
Theodore Levin Harry S. Truman 01946-07-27 July 27, 1946 01970-12-31 December 31, 1970 – death
John W. Longyear Ulysses Grant 01870-02-18 February 18, 1870 01875-03-10 March 10, 1875 – death
Thaddeus M. Machrowicz John F. Kennedy 01961-09-07 September 7, 1961 01970-02-17 February 17, 1970 – death
Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. John F. Kennedy 01961-09-29 September 29, 1961 01966-09-13 September 13, 1966 – reappointment
Edward Julien Moinet Calvin Coolidge 01927-06-13 June 13, 1927[4] 01946-02-28 February 28, 1946 01952-12-23 December 23, 1952 death
Ernest Aloysius O'Brien Herbert Hoover 01931-03-04 March 4, 1931 01948-10-09 October 9, 1948 – death
Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan Dwight D. Eisenhower 01957-08-07 August 7, 1957 01960-04-04 April 4, 1960 – reappointment
Frank Albert Picard Franklin D. Roosevelt 01939-02-23 February 23, 1939 01959-03-31 March 31, 1959 01963-02-28 February 28, 1963 death
Philip Pratt Richard Nixon 01970-12-01 December 1, 1970 01989-02-07 February 7, 1989 – death
Stephen John Roth John F. Kennedy 01962-05-07 May 7, 1962 01974-07-11 July 11, 1974 – death
Charles Casper Simons Warren G. Harding 01923-02-06 February 6, 1923 01932-02-02 February 2, 1932 – reappointment
Talbot Smith John F. Kennedy 01961-10-05 October 5, 1961[5] 01971-10-31 October 31, 1971 01978-12-21 December 21, 1978 death
Richard Fred Suhrheinrich Ronald Reagan 01984-10-04 October 4, 1984 01990-07-13 July 13, 1990 – reappointment
Henry Harrison Swan Benjamin Harrison 01891-01-19 January 19, 1891 01911-07-01 July 1, 1911 – retirement
Thomas Patrick Thornton Harry S. Truman 01949-02-02 February 2, 1949 01966-02-15 February 15, 1966 01985-07-01 July 1, 1985 death
Arthur J. Tuttle William Howard Taft 01912-08-06 August 6, 1912 01944-12-02 December 2, 1944 – death
Ross Wilkins Andrew Jackson 01837-01-26 January 26, 1837 01870-02-18 February 18, 1870 – retirement
George E. Woods Ronald Reagan 01983-11-16 November 16, 1983 01993-11-16 November 16, 1993 02004-08-13 August 13, 2004 retirement

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f U.S. District Courts of Michigan, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.
  2. ^ Judges of the District of Michigan, Federal Judicial Center.
  3. ^ Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.
  4. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 19, 1927, and received commission on December 19, 1927.
  5. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 5, 1962, and received commission on February 9, 1962.

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