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.)
Location Grand Rapids, Michigan
Appeals to Sixth Circuit
Established February 24, 1863
Judges assigned 4
Chief judge Paul Lewis Maloney
Official site

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 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 On March 3, 1837, Congress passed an act that repealed the circuit court jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the District of Michigan, assigned the District of Michigan to the Seventh Circuit, and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] The Western District was later 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		 End reason
Robert Holmes Bell Ronald Reagan 01987-07-02 July 2, 1987 Incumbent – –
Arthur Carter Denison William Howard Taft 01910-01-31 January 31, 1910 01911-10-03 October 3, 1911 – reappointment
Albert J. Engel Richard Nixon 01970-12-18 December 18, 1970 01974-01-04 January 4, 1974 – reappointment
Richard Alan Enslen Jimmy Carter 01979-12-21 December 21, 1979 02005-09-01 September 1, 2005 Incumbent –
Noel Peter Fox John F. Kennedy 01962-07-31 July 31, 1962 01979-12-31 December 31, 1979 01987-06-03 June 3, 1987 death
Benjamin F. Gibson Jimmy Carter 01979-09-26 September 26, 1979 01996-07-13 July 13, 1996 01999-01-31 January 31, 1999 retirement
Douglas Woodruff Hillman Jimmy Carter 01979-09-26 September 26, 1979 01991-02-15 February 15, 1991 02002-10-01 October 1, 2002 retirement
Robert James Jonker George W. Bush 02007-07-16 July 16, 2007 Incumbent – –
W. Wallace Kent Dwight D. Eisenhower 01954-06-10 June 10, 1954 01971-01-06 January 6, 1971 – reappointment
Loyal Edwin Knappen Theodore Roosevelt 01906-12-10 December 10, 1906 01910-02-08 February 8, 1910 – reappointment
Paul Lewis Maloney George W. Bush 02007-07-13 July 13, 2007 Incumbent – –
David McKeague George H. W. Bush 01992-02-10 February 10, 1992 02005-06-13 June 13, 2005 – reappointment
Wendell Alverson Miles Richard Nixon 01974-04-17 April 17, 1974 01986-05-06 May 6, 1986 Incumbent –
Janet T. Neff George W. Bush 02007-08-06 August 6, 2007 Incumbent – –
Gordon Jay Quist George H. W. Bush 01992-06-30 June 30, 1992 02006-01-01 January 1, 2006 Incumbent –
Fred Morton Raymond Calvin Coolidge 01925-05-08 May 8, 1925[2] 01946-02-06 February 6, 1946 – death
Clarence W. Sessions William Howard Taft 01911-03-02 March 2, 1911 01931-04-01 April 1, 1931 – death
Henry Franklin Severens Grover Cleveland 01886-05-25 May 25, 1886 01900-03-16 March 16, 1900 – reappointment
Raymond Wesley Starr Harry S. Truman 01946-07-25 July 25, 1946 01961-08-15 August 15, 1961 01968-11-02 November 2, 1968 death
George P. Wanty William McKinley 01900-03-13 March 13, 1900 01906-07-09 July 9, 1906 – death
Solomon Lewis Withey Abraham Lincoln 01863-03-11 March 11, 1863 01886-04-25 April 25, 1886 – death

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e U.S. District Courts of Michigan, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.
  2. ^ 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.

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