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Richard Fred Suhrheinrich
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Senior status since August 15, 2001.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- April 18, 1990
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 11, 1990
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 27, 1990
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- June 28, 1990
- Commissioned
- July 10, 1990
- Senior status
- Since August 15, 2001
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1936, 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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Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Appointed by Ronald Reagan; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended July 13, 1990: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Michigan, 1963-1984
- Assistant prosecutor, Macomb County, Michigan, 1967
- Associate professor of law, Detroit College of Law, 1975-1985
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