There are 11 article(s) tagged U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit:

• September 2024

  • Following Senate confirmation, Ritz resigns as U.S. Attorney

    Ritz’s resignation follows his confirmation by the U.S. Senate Monday, Sept. 16, as a federal appeals court judge.

    By Bill Dries September 18, 2024

• September 2022

  • Senate confirms Andre Mathis to federal appeals court

    The Butler Snow law partner becomes the first Black man from Tennessee to serve on the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

    By Bill Dries September 08, 2022

• July 2022

  • Confirmation vote for Memphian Andre Mathis remains stalled in Senate

    The appointment of Memphis lawyer Andre B. Mathis to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals remains stalled, awaiting a floor vote by the Senate.

    By Shera Avi-Yonah July 26, 2022

• February 2022

  • Mathis federal appeals court nomination clears Senate Judiciary by narrow margin

    Andre Mathis’ nomination as a federal appeals court judge advances to the full Senate as Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee again opposed Mathis as “unqualified” and talked Thursday in Washington of “street talk in Memphis.”

    By Bill Dries February 10, 2022

• January 2022

  • Blackburn grills federal appeals court nominee Mathis over ‘rap sheet’ for traffic tickets

    The Judiciary Committee scrap over Mathis’ nomination was part of a larger issue about blue slips used to express support or opposition by Senators on federal appeals court nominees when the home-state Senators are not of the president’s party.

    By Bill Dries January 13, 2022

• December 2021

  • Service to community is central to Sixth Circuit nominee

    Andre Mathis spends a great deal of time on service, much of it to the Memphis neighborhoods where he was raised. He could be the first Black man from Tennessee confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

    By Ian Round December 06, 2021

• November 2021

  • Biden nominates Memphis attorney to Sixth Circuit

    Andre Mathis would replace on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Bernice Donald, who is taking senior status. 

    By Yolanda Jones November 24, 2021

• July 2021

  • City loses appeal of City Hall blacklist damages

    The city’s list of those allowed in City Hall only with a police escort grew to 81 in a wave of protests in 2016 and 2017.

    By Bill Dries July 12, 2021

• June 2021

  • Judge Bernice Donald taking senior status on federal appeals court

    U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Bernice Donald plans to semi-retire by taking senior status on the court. She will still hear cases as a senior judge, but President Joe Biden will name a nominee to replace her. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 03, 2021

• October 2020

  • Federal appeals court upholds signature verification law for absentee ballots

    The ruling is in one of five federal court challenges to state laws governing Tennessee’s absentee ballot process underway as absentee voters are completing their ballots and mailing them back to election commissions across the state.

    By Bill Dries October 16, 2020

• July 2019

  • Appeals court sides with Memphis man wanting to protest near Planned Parenthood clinic

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has sided with a Memphis man who wanted to protest on a street near a Planned Parenthood clinic.

    By Yolanda Jones July 26, 2019