United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
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| United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan (W.D. Mich.) |
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| Location | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
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| Appeals to | Sixth Circuit |
| Established | February 24, 1863 |
| Judges assigned | 4 |
| Chief judge | Paul Lewis Maloney |
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The United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan (in case citations, W.D. Mich.) is the Federal district court with jurisdiction over of the western portion of the state of Michigan, including the entire Upper Peninsula.
Appeals from the Western District of Michigan are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (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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[edit] History
The Western District of Michigan was established by an act of Congress on December 24, 1863, when the District of Michigan was split into two judicial districts. Later, it was further divided into a Southern Division and a Northern Division.
[edit] Jurisdiction
The District Court is based in Grand Rapids, courthouses also located in Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Marquette in the Upper Peninsula. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has appellate jurisdiction over the court.
[edit] Judges
| Judge | Appointed by | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
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| Robert Holmes Bell | Ronald Reagan | July 2, 1987 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Arthur Carter Denison | William H. Taft | January 31, 1910 | October 3, 1911 | – | reappointment |
| Albert J. Engel | Richard M. Nixon | December 18, 1970 | January 4, 1974 | – | reappointment |
| Richard Alan Enslen | Jimmy Carter | December 21, 1979 | September 1, 2005 | Incumbent | – |
| Noel Peter Fox | John F. Kennedy | July 31, 1962 | December 31, 1979 | June 3, 1987 | death |
| Benjamin F. Gibson | Jimmy Carter | September 26, 1979 | July 13, 1996 | January 31, 1999 | retirement |
| Douglas Woodruff Hillman | Jimmy Carter | September 26, 1979 | February 15, 1991 | October 1, 2002 | retirement |
| Robert James Jonker | George W. Bush | July 16, 2007 | Incumbent | – | – |
| W. Wallace Kent | Dwight D. Eisenhower | June 10, 1954 | January 6, 1971 | – | reappointment |
| Loyal Edwin Knappen | Theodore Roosevelt | December 10, 1906 | February 8, 1910 | – | reappointment |
| Paul Lewis Maloney | George W. Bush | July 13, 2007 | Incumbent | – | – |
| David McKeague | George H.W. Bush | February 10, 1992 | June 13, 2005 | – | reappointment |
| Wendell Alverson Miles | Richard M. Nixon | April 17, 1974 | May 6, 1986 | Incumbent | – |
| Janet T. Neff | George W. Bush | August 6, 2007 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Gordon Jay Quist | George H.W. Bush | June 30, 1992 | January 1, 2006 | Incumbent | – |
| Fred Morton Raymond | Calvin Coolidge | May 8, 1925[1] | February 6, 1946 | – | death |
| Clarence W. Sessions | William H. Taft | March 2, 1911 | April 1, 1931 | – | death |
| Henry Franklin Severens | Grover Cleveland | May 25, 1886 | March 16, 1900 | – | reappointment |
| Raymond Wesley Starr | Harry S Truman | July 25, 1946 | August 15, 1961 | November 2, 1968 | death |
| George P. Wanty | William McKinley | March 13, 1900 | July 9, 1906 | – | death |
| Solomon Lewis Withey | Abraham Lincoln | March 11, 1863 | April 25, 1886 | – | death |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1925, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 18, 1925, and received commission on December 18, 1925.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan Official Website
- United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Official Website
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