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Robert Hardy Cleland
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Senior status since February 28, 2013.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- February 20, 1990
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 17, 1990
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 14, 1990
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- June 18, 1990
- Commissioned
- June 19, 1990
- Senior status
- Since February 28, 2013
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1947, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Port Huron, Michigan, 1972-1975
- Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, St. Clair County, Port Huron, Michigan, 1972-1990; assistant prosecutor, 1972-1975; chief trial attorney, 1975-1977; chief assistant, 1977-1980; prosecutor, 1981-1990
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