United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan

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

Case citation

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s, W.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 and criminal cases are filed in the district court, which is a court of law, equity, and admiralty. There is a United States bankruptcy court associated with each United States...

with jurisdiction

Jurisdiction

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 western portion of the state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

of Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

, including the entire Upper Peninsula

Upper Peninsula of Michigan

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the northern of the two major land masses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan. It is commonly referred to as the Upper Peninsula, the U.P., or Upper Michigan. It is also known as the land "above the Bridge" linking the two peninsulas. The peninsula is bounded...

.

Appeals from the Western District of Michigan are taken to 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 federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Eastern District of Kentucky* Western District of Kentucky...

(except for patent

Patent

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claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act

Tucker Act

Through the Tucker Act , the United States government has waived its sovereign immunity with respect to certain lawsuits....

, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

-Vacancies and pending nominations:-List of former judges:-Chief judges:Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the court was initially created, Congress had to resolve which chief judge of the predecessor courts would become the first chief judge...

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. 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

Toledo War

The Toledo War , also known as the Michigan-Ohio War, was the almost entirely bloodless boundary dispute between the U.S. state of Ohio and the adjoining territory of Michigan....

", a boundary dispute with Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

, Michigan did not become a state of the Union until January 26, 1837. On March 3, 1837, Congress

United States Congress

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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

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the courts in the following districts:* Central District of Illinois* Northern District of Illinois...

, and established a U.S. circuit court for the district, 5 Stat. 176.

On July 15, 1862, Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned Michigan to the Eighth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Eastern District of Arkansas* Western District of Arkansas...

by 12 Stat. 576, and on January 28, 1863, the Congress again reorganized Seventh and Eight Circuits and assigned Michigan to the Seventh Circuit, by 12 Stat. 637. On February 24, 1863, Congress divided the District of Michigan into the Eastern

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan 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...

and the Western Districts, with one judgeship authorized for each district, by 12 Stat. 660. The Western District was later further divided into a Southern Division and a Northern Division.

Jurisdiction

The District Court is based in Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...

, courthouses also located in Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo, Michigan

The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...

, Lansing

Lansing, Michigan

Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County. The 2010 Census places the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan...

, and Marquette

Marquette, Michigan

Marquette is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Marquette County. The population was 21,355 at the 2010 census, making it the most populated city of the Upper Peninsula. Marquette is a major port on Lake Superior, primarily for shipping iron ore and is the home of Northern...

in the Upper Peninsula

Upper Peninsula of Michigan

. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

has appellate jurisdiction over the court.

Current judges

Former judges

Judge	Appointed by	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status	End reason
Arthur Carter Denison Arthur Carter Denison Arthur Carter Denison was a United States federal judge.Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Denison received a B.A. from University of Michigan in 1883. He was in private practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1883 to 1910.On January 17, 1910, Denison was nominated by President William H...	William Howard Taft William Howard Taft William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...			–	reappointment
Albert J. Engel, Jr. Albert J. Engel, Jr. Albert Joseph Engel, Jr. is a former American jurist who sat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 1974 to 2002....	Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...

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| Noel Peter Fox

Noel Peter Fox

Noel Peter Fox was a United States federal judge.Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Fox received a Ph.B. from Marquette University in 1933 and a J.D. from Marquette University Law School in 1935...

||John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

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| Benjamin F. Gibson

Benjamin F. Gibson

Benjamin F. Gibson is a former United States federal judge.Born in Safford, Alabama, Gibsonwas a Private in the United States Army from 1948 to 1950. He received a B.S. from Wayne State University in 1955 and a J.D. from Detroit College of Law in 1960. He was an assistant state attorney general of...

||Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...

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| Douglas Woodruff Hillman

Douglas Woodruff Hillman

Douglas Woodruff Hillman was a United States federal judge.Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Hillman was a Lieutenant in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945. He received an A.B. from the University of Michigan in 1946, and an LL.B. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1948...

||Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

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| W. Wallace Kent

W. Wallace Kent

William Wallace Kent was born in Galesburg, Michigan the son of Harold S. Kent and Alice W. Kent. He graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School in 1933. In 1937 he received an A. B. degree from Western Michigan University...

||Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

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| Loyal Edwin Knappen

Loyal Edwin Knappen

Loyal Edwin Knappen was a United States federal judge.Born in Hastings, Michigan, Knappen received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1873 and read law to enter the bar in 1875, thereafter receiving an M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1876...

||Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...

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| David McKeague

David McKeague

David William McKeague is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.- Background :...

||George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...

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| Fred Morton Raymond

Fred Morton Raymond

Fred Morton Raymond was a United States federal judge.Born in Berlin, Michigan, Raymond received an LL.B. from the University of Michigan in 1899...

||Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...

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| Clarence W. Sessions

Clarence W. Sessions

Clarence William Sessions was a United States federal judge.-Biography:Born in Ionia County, Michigan, Sessions received an A.B. from the University of Michigan in 1881 and read law to enter the bar in 1883. He was in private practice in Ionia, Michigan from 1883 to 1885, and in in Muskegon,...

||William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...

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| Henry Franklin Severens

Henry Franklin Severens

Henry Franklin Severens was a United States federal judge.Born in Rockingham, Vermont, Severens received an A.B. from Middlebury College in 1857 and read law to enter the bar in 1859. He was in private practice in Three Rivers, Michigan from 1860 to 1861. He was a prosecuting attorney of St...

||Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland

Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents...

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| Raymond Wesley Starr

Raymond Wesley Starr

Raymond Wesley Starr was a United States federal judge.Born in Harbor Springs, Michigan, Starr received an LL.B. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1910...

||Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...

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| George P. Wanty

George P. Wanty

George P. Wanty was a United States federal judge.Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Wanty received an LL.B. from the University of Michigan in 1878 and went into private practice. In 1883, he partnered with Niram A. Fletcher to form the law firm of Fletcher & Wanty, which is known today as Wheeler...

||William McKinley

William McKinley

William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s...

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| Solomon Lewis Withey

Solomon Lewis Withey

Solomon Lewis Withey was a United States federal judge.Born in St. Albans Point, Vermont, Withey read law to enter the bar in 1843. He was in private practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1843 to 1863. He was a probate judge for Kent County, Michigan from 1848 to 1852...

||Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

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Current judges

Former judges

See also

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