The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (in

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s, 6th Cir.) is a federal court with

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over the district courts in the following

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: * Eastern District of Kentucky * Western District of Kentucky * Eastern District of Michigan *

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* Northern District of Ohio * Southern District of Ohio *

Eastern District of Tennessee The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (in case citations, E.D. Tenn.) is the federal court in the Sixth Circuit whose jurisdiction covers most of East Tennessee and a portion of Middle Tennessee. The court has ...

* Middle District of Tennessee *

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The court is composed of sixteen judges and is based at the Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse in

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. It is one of 13

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, the only person ever to serve as both

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and Chief Justice of the United States, once served on the Sixth Circuit. Four other judges of the Sixth Circuit have been elevated to serve on the Supreme Court. __TOC__

Current composition of the Court

Vacancies and pending nominations

List of former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

Notes

References

* ** primary but incomplete source for the duty stations * ** secondary source for the duty stations ** data is current to 2002 * ** source for the state, lifetime, term of active judgeship, term of chief judgeship, term of senior judgeship, appointer, termination reason, and seat information * ** obituary for death of Susan Bieke Neilson

External links

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