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Jane Branstetter Stranch
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Senior status since July 14, 2025.
Confirmed 71 to 21Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- August 6, 2009
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 21, 2009
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), November 19, 2009
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 71 to 21
- Confirmed
- September 13, 2010
- Commissioned
- September 15, 2010
- Senior status
- Since July 14, 2025
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1953, 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, Nashville, Tennessee, 1978-2010
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