United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan

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The Seal of 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 state of Michigan, including the entire Upper Peninsula. It was established by an act of Congress on December 24, 1863, when the United States District Court for the District of Michigan was split into two judicial districts. Later, it was further divided into a Southern Division and a Northern Division.

The District Court is based in Grand Rapids, courthouses also located in Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Marquette in the Upper Peninsula.

The United States Attorney's Office of the Western District of Michigan represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Downtown Cincinnati at the Potter A. Stewart Federal Courthouse and Building.

Judges

Article III judges

See: Article III federal judge

Senior judges

Magistrate judges

See also

External links

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Federal judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Active judges

Maloney • Bell • Jonker • Neff

Senior judges

Enslen • Miles • Quist

Magistrate judges

Brenneman • Greeley • Scoville • Carmody

Former judges

Denison • Engel • Fox • Gibson • Hillman • Kent • Knappen • McKeague • Raymond • Sessions • Severens • Starr • Wanty • Withey

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