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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (in case citation
Case citation

Case citation is the system used in many countries to identify the decisions in past court cases, either in special series of books called Reporter s or law reports, or in a 'neutral' form which will identify a decision wherever it was reported....
s, E.D. Mich.) is the Federal district court
United States district court

The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. Both Civil law and Criminal law cases are filed in the district court, which is a court of law, Equity , and admiralty....
 with jurisdiction
Jurisdiction

In law, jurisdiction is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility....
 over of the eastern portion of the state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. It was established by an act of Congress on December 24, 1863, when the District of Michigan was split into two judicial districts.

The District Court is based in Detroit
Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
, with courthouses also located in Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan. It is the state's seventh largest city with a population of 114,024 as of the 2000 United States Census, of which 36,892 are university or college students....
, Bay City
Bay City, Michigan

Bay City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city's population was 36,817, with the United States Census Bureau estimate placing the population at 34,026....
, Flint
Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River , 66 miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a population of 124,943, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan....
, and Port Huron
Port Huron, Michigan

Port Huron is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of St. Clair County, Michigan. The population was 32,338 at the 2000 United States Census....
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District Court Eastern Michigan
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (in case citation
Case citation

Case citation is the system used in many countries to identify the decisions in past court cases, either in special series of books called Reporter s or law reports, or in a 'neutral' form which will identify a decision wherever it was reported....
s, E.D. Mich.) is the Federal district court
United States district court

The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. Both Civil law and Criminal law cases are filed in the district court, which is a court of law, Equity , and admiralty....
 with jurisdiction
Jurisdiction

In law, jurisdiction is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility....
 over of the eastern portion of the state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. It was established by an act of Congress on December 24, 1863, when the District of Michigan was split into two judicial districts.

The District Court is based in Detroit
Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
, with courthouses also located in Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County, Michigan. It is the state's seventh largest city with a population of 114,024 as of the 2000 United States Census, of which 36,892 are university or college students....
, Bay City
Bay City, Michigan

Bay City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city's population was 36,817, with the United States Census Bureau estimate placing the population at 34,026....
, Flint
Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River , 66 miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a population of 124,943, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan....
, and Port Huron
Port Huron, Michigan

Port Huron is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of St. Clair County, Michigan. The population was 32,338 at the 2000 United States Census....
. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is a United States federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the United States district court in the following United States federal judicial district:...
 has appellate jurisdiction over the court.

Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and their terms and places where they held court:

Judge Term Seat
Alexis Caswell Angell
Alexis Caswell Angell

Alexis Caswell Angell was a United States federal judge.Angell was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He received a A.B. from University of Michigan in 1878....
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Marianne O. Battani
Marianne O. Battani

Marianne O. Battani is a United States federal judge.Battani was born in Detroit, Michigan. She received a B.A. from University of Detroit in 1966....
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  • Paul D. Borman
    Paul D. Borman

    Paul D. Borman is a United States federal judge.Borman was born in Detroit, Michigan. He received a B.A. from University of Michigan in 1959....
  • Patricia Jean Ehrhardt Pernick Boyle
    Patricia Jean Ehrhardt Pernick Boyle

    Patricia Jean Ehrhardt Pernick Boyle is a former United States federal judge.Boyle was born in Detroit, Michigan. She received a B.A. & J.D. from Wayne State University in 1963....
  • Henry Billings Brown
    Henry Billings Brown

    'Henry Billings Brown' was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from January 5, 1891 to May 28, 1906. He is perhaps best known today as the author of the opinion for the Court in Plessy v....
  • James Paul Churchill
    James Paul Churchill

    James Paul Churchill is a United States federal judge.Churchill was born in Imlay City, Michigan. He received a B.B.A. from University of Michigan in 1947....
  • Robert Hardy Cleland
    Robert Hardy Cleland

    Robert Hardy Cleland is a United States federal judge.Cleland was born in St. Clair, Michigan. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1969....
  • Avern Levin Cohn
  • Julian Abele Cook, Jr.
  • Sean Francis Cox
  • Robert Edward DeMascio
    Robert Edward DeMascio

    Robert Edward DeMascio was a United States federal judge.DeMascio was born in Corapolis, Pennsylvania. He received a LL.B. from Wayne State University Law School in 1951....
  • Patrick J. Duggan
    Patrick J. Duggan

    Patrick J. Duggan is a United States federal judge.Duggan was born in Detroit, Michigan. He received a B.S. from Xavier University, Ohio in 1955....
  • Nancy Garlock Edmunds
    Nancy Garlock Edmunds

    Nancy Garlock Edmunds is a United States federal judge.Edmunds was born in Detroit, Michigan. She received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1969....
  • John Feikens
    John Feikens

    John Feikens is a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan and is currently Senior Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ....
  • Ralph McKenzie Freeman
  • Bernard A. Friedman
    Bernard A. Friedman

    Bernard A. Friedman is a United States federal judge.Friedman was born in Detroit, Michigan. He received a Juris Doctor from Detroit College of Law in 1968....
  • Paul V. Gadola
    Paul V. Gadola

    Paul V. Gadola is a United States federal judge.Gadola was born in Flint, Michigan. He received a A.B. from Michigan State University in 1951....
  • Horace Weldon Gilmore
    Horace Weldon Gilmore

    Horace Weldon Gilmore is a United States federal judge.Gilmore was born in Columbus, Ohio. He received a B.A. from University of Michigan in 1939....
  • Lawrence Gubow
    Lawrence Gubow

    Lawrence Gubow was a United States federal judge.Gubow was born in Detroit, Michigan. He received a A.B. from University of Michigan in 1940....
  • Ralph B. Guy, Jr.
    Ralph B. Guy, Jr.

    Ralph B. Guy, Jr. is a United States federal judge.Guy was born in Detroit, Michigan. He received a A.B. from University of Michigan in 1951....
  • Barbara Kloka Hackett
    Barbara Kloka Hackett

    Barbara Kloka Hackett is a United States federal judge.Hackett was born in Detroit, Michigan. She received a Ph.B. from University of Detroit in 1948....
  • James Harvey
  • Denise Page Hood
    Denise Page Hood

    Denise Page Hood is a United States federal judge.Hood was born in Columbus, Ohio. She received a B.A. from Yale University in 1974. She received a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1977....
  • Charles Wycliffe Joiner
    Charles Wycliffe Joiner

    Charles Wycliffe Joiner is a United States federal judge.Joiner was born in Maquoketa, Iowa. He received a B.A. from University of Iowa in 1937....
  • Frederick William Kaess
    Frederick William Kaess

    Frederick William Kaess was a United States federal judge.Kaess was born in Detroit, Michigan. He received a LL.B. from Detroit College of Law in 1932....
  • Damon Jerome Keith
  • Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy
    Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy

    Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy is a Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit....
  • Arthur A. Koscinski
    Arthur A. Koscinski

    Arthur A. Koscinski was a United States federal judge.Koscinski was born in Posen, Poland. He received a LL.B. from University of Michigan Law School in 1910....
  • George La Plata
    George La Plata

    George La Plata is a former United States federal judge.La Plata was born in Detroit, Michigan. He received a A.B. from Wayne State University in 1951....
  • David M. Lawson
    David M. Lawson

    David M. Lawson is a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton on August 5, 1999 and was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate on May 23, 2000....
  • Arthur F. Lederle
    Arthur F. Lederle

    Arthur F. Lederle was a United States federal judge.Lederle was born in Leland, Michigan. He graduated from Eastern Michigan College in 1909....
  • Theodore Levin
    Theodore Levin

    Theodore Levin was a prominent immigration lawyer and United States federal jurist who served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1946 until his death in 1970....
  • John Wesley Longyear
  • Thomas Lamson Ludington
    Thomas Lamson Ludington

    Thomas Lamson Ludington is a United States federal judge.Ludington was born in Midland, Michigan. He received a B.A. from Albion College in 1976....
  • Thaddeus M. Machrowicz
    Thaddeus M. Machrowicz

    Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan.Machrowicz was born in Gostyn, Poland and immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1902....
  • Wade Hampton McCree, Jr.
    Wade Hampton McCree, Jr.

    Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. was a United States federal judge.McCree was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He received a A.B. from Fisk University in 1941....
  • Edward Julien Moinet
    Edward Julien Moinet

    Edward Julien Moinet was a United States federal judge.Moinet was born in Louisville, Ohio. He received a LL.B. from University of Michigan in 1895....
  • Stewart Albert Newblatt
    Stewart Albert Newblatt

    Stewart Albert Newblatt is a United States federal judge.Newblatt was born in Detroit, Michigan. He received a B.A. from University of Michigan in 1950....
  • Ernest Aloysius O'Brien
    Ernest Aloysius O'Brien

    Ernest Aloysius O'Brien was a United States federal judge.O'Brien was born in Detroit, Michigan. He received a B.A. from Detroit College in 1898....
  • John Corbett O'Meara
    John Corbett O'Meara

    John Corbett O'Meara is a United States federal judge.O'Meara was born in Hillsdale, Michigan. He received a A.B. from University of Notre Dame in 1955....
  • Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan
    Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan

    Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan was a United States federal judge.O'Sullivan was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received a LL.B. from Notre Dame Law School in 1920....
  • Frank Albert Picard
    Frank Albert Picard

    Frank Albert Picard was a United States federal judge.Picard was born in Saginaw, Michigan. He received a LL.B. from University of Michigan Law School in 1912....
  • Philip Pratt
    Philip Pratt

    Philip Pratt was a United States federal judge.Pratt was born in Pontiac, Michigan. He received a LL.B. from University of Michigan Law School in 1950....
  • Victoria A. Roberts
    Victoria A. Roberts

    Victoria A. Roberts is a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on June 26, 1998 and was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate....
  • Gerald Ellis Rosen
    Gerald Ellis Rosen

    Gerald Ellis Rosen is an United States judge who was nominated by President of the United States George H. W. Bush to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in November 1989 and was invested in March 1990....
  • Stephen John Roth
    Stephen John Roth

    Stephen John Roth was a United States federal judge.He received a Ph.B. from University of Notre Dame in 1931. He received a LL.B. from University of Michigan Law School in 1935....
  • Charles Casper Simons
    Charles Casper Simons

    Charles Casper Simons was a United States federal judge.Simons was born in Detroit, Michigan. He received a B.L. from University of Michigan in 1898....
  • Talbot Smith
    Talbot Smith

    Talbot Smith was a United States federal judge.Smith was born in Fayette, Missouri. He received a B.S. from U.S. Naval Academy in 1920. He received a M.S....
  • George Caram Steeh III
    George Caram Steeh III

    George Caram Steeh III is a United States federal judge.Steeh was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He received a B.A. from University of Michigan in 1969....
  • Richard Fred Suhrheinrich
    Richard Fred Suhrheinrich

    The Honorable Richard Fred Suhrheinrich is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit serving in Lansing, Michigan.Born in Lincoln City, Indiana, Suhrheinrich earned his Bachelor of Science in 1960 from Wayne State University, his Juris Doctor in 1963 from the Detroit College of Law and his Master of Laws in 1990 f...
  • Henry Harrison Swan
    Henry Harrison Swan

    Henry Harrison Swan was a United States federal judge.Swan was born in Detroit, Michigan. He read law in 1867. He was in private practice of law in California in 1867....
  • Arthur J. Tarnow
  • Anna Diggs Taylor
    Anna Diggs Taylor

    Anna Diggs Taylor is a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She graduated from Barnard College in 1954 and Yale Law School in 1957, and worked in the Office of Solicitor for the United States Department of Labor....
  • Thomas Patrick Thornton
    Thomas Patrick Thornton

    Thomas Patrick Thornton was a United States federal judge.Thornton was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He received a LL.B. from University of Detroit School of Law in 1926....
  • Arthur J. Tuttle
    Arthur J. Tuttle

    Arthur J. Tuttle was a United States federal judge.Tuttle was born in Leslie, Michigan. He received a Ph.B. from University of Michigan in 1892....
  • Ross Wilkins
    Ross Wilkins

    Ross Wilkins was an United States politician and lawyer from Pennsylvania, who later served as a United States territory and United States district court judge in the U.S....
  • George E. Woods
    George E. Woods

    George E. Woods was a United States federal judge.Woods was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He received a Juris Doctor from Detroit College of Law in 1949....
  • Lawrence Paul Zatkoff
    Lawrence Paul Zatkoff

    Lawrence Paul Zatkoff is a United States federal judge.Zatkoff was born in Detroit, Michigan. He received a B.S. from University of Detroit in 1962....


See also

  • United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
    United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan

    The United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan is the United States District Court with jurisdiction over of the western portion of the U.S....
    Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan


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