Susan DeClercq
Susan DeClercq is a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She was nominated to the court by President Joe Biden (D) on May 4, 2023, and confirmed by the United States Senate on October 4, 2023, by a vote of 52-42.[1][2] To see a full list of judges appointed by Joe Biden, click here.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan is one of 94 U.S. District Courts. They are the general trial courts of the United States federal courts. To learn more about the court, click here.
Prior to joining the court, DeClercq was the Director and Counsel of Special Investigations at Ford Motor Company in Dearborn.[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (2023-present)
- See also: Federal judges nominated by Joe Biden
On May 4, 2023, President Joe Biden (D) nominated DeClercq to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. DeClercq received commission on November 9, 2023.[2][1] To read more about the federal nominations process, click here.
Nominee Information |
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Name: Susan DeClercq |
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan |
Progress |
Confirmed 153 days after nomination. |
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Questionnaire: Questionnaire |
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Hearing Transcript: Hearing Transcript |
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Confirmation vote
The U.S. Senate confirmed DeClercq by a vote of 52-42 on October 4, 2023.[1] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website, click here.
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Total | 52[3] | 42 | 6 |
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
DeClercq was reported to the full Senate on July 13, 2023, after a 12-9 committee vote.[1]Click here for a list of other nominees awaiting a committee vote.
Nomination
On May 4, 2023, President Joe Biden (D) nominated DeClercq to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.[1]
DeClercq was nominated to replace Judge Stephanie Dawkins Davis, who left office on May 24, 2022, after her elevation to the 6th Circuit.[4]
The American Bar Association (ABA) rated DeClercq Qualified.[5] To read more about ABA ratings, click here.
Biography
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DeClercq earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in 1995, and a law degree from Wayne State University Law School in 1999.[2]
Professional career
- 2023-present: Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- 2022-2023: Director and counsel, special investigations, Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Michigan
- 2004-2022: Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Michigan
- 2022: Civil Division, chief
- 2014-2022: Civil Rights Unit, chief
- 2010-2022: Civil Rights Unit
- 2004-2010: Defensive Litigation Unit
- 2001-2004: Private practice, Washington, D.C.
- 1999-2001: Law clerk, Hon. Avern Cohn, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan[2]
About the court
Eastern District of Michigan |
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Sixth Circuit |
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Judgeships |
Posts: 15 |
Judges: 15 |
Vacancies: 0 |
Judges |
Chief: Sean Cox |
Active judges: Terrence Berg, Sean Cox, Susan DeClercq, Mark Goldsmith, Jonathan Grey, Frances Kay Behm, Shalina Kumar, Matthew Frederick Leitman, Judith Ellen Levy, Thomas Ludington, Brandy McMillion, Laurie Michelson, Stephen Murphy, Linda V. Parker, Robert White Senior judges: |
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan is one of 94 United States district courts. It was established by an act of Congress on December 24, 1863. When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit based in downtown Cincinnati at the Potter A. Stewart Federal Courthouse and Building.
The Eastern District of Michigan has original jurisdiction over cases filed within its jurisdiction. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.
The District Court is based in Detroit, with courthouses also located in Ann Arbor, Bay City, Flint, and Port Huron.
The geographic jurisdiction of the Eastern District of Michigan consists of all the following counties in the eastern part of the state of Michigan.
- Alcona County
- Alpena County
- Arenac County
- Bay County
- Cheboygan County
- Clare County
- Crawford County
- Genesee County
- Gladwin County
- Gratiot County
- Huron County
- Iosco County
- Isabella County
- Jackson County
- Lapeer County
- Lenawee County
- Livingston County
- Macomb County
- Midland County
- Monroe County
- Montmorency County
- Oakland County
- Ogemaw County
- Oscoda County
- Otsego County
- Presque Isle County
- Roscommon County
- Saginaw County
- St. Clair County
- Sanilac County
- Shiawassee County
- Tuscola County
- Washtenaw County
- Wayne County
To read opinions published by this court, click here.
The federal nomination process
Federal judges are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. There are multiple steps to the process:
- The president nominates an individual for a judicial seat.
- The nominee fills out a questionnaire and is reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing with the nominee, questioning them about things like their judicial philosophy, past rulings or opinions, etc.
- As part of this process, the committee sends a blue slip to senators from the home state in which the judicial nomination was received, allowing them to express their approval or disapproval of the nominee.
- After the hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve or return the nominee.
- If approved, the nominee is voted on by the full Senate.
- If the Committee votes to return the nominee to the president, the president has the opportunity to re-nominate the individual.
- The Senate holds a vote on the candidate.
- If the Senate confirms the nomination, the nominee receives a commission to serve a lifelong position as a federal judge.
- If the Senate does not confirm the nomination, that nominee does not become a judge.
See also
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Congress.gov, "PN589 — Susan Kim DeClercq — The Judiciary," accessed May 10, 2023 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ American Bar Association, "Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary," "Ratings Of Article III And Article IV Judicial Nominees," "118th Congress," accessed June 12, 2023
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Preceded by Stephanie Dawkins Davis |
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan 2023-Present |
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Commissioned in 2024 |
John Kazen • John Russell • Margaret Garnett • Cristal Brisco • Jacquelyn Austin • Gretchen Hess Lund • Micah Smith • Joshua Kolar • Karoline Mehalchick • Kirk Sherriff • Lisa Wang • David Leibowitz • Jacqueline Becerra • Julie Sneed • Melissa Damian • Kelly H. Rankin • Nicole Berner • Sunil Harjani • Leon Schydlower • Ernesto Gonzalez • Susan Bazis • Robert White • Ann Marie McIff Allen • Eumi Lee • Krissa Lanham • Eric Schulte • Camela Theeler • Angela Martinez • Jasmine Yoon • Nancy Maldonado • Meredith Vacca • Georgia Alexakis • Joseph Saporito • Amy Baggio • Stacey Neumann | ||
Commissioned in 2023 |
Kai Scott • Tamika Montgomery-Reeves • Margaret R. Guzman • Daniel Calabretta • Matthew Garcia • DeAndrea G. Benjamin • Cindy Chung • Adrienne Nelson • Lindsay Jenkins • Gina Méndez-Miró • Araceli Martínez-Olguín • Jamar Walker • Ana Reyes • Jamal Whitehead • Gordon Gallagher • Matthew Brookman• Maria Araujo Kahn• James Simmons • Robert Ballou• Andrew Schopler • Jonathan Grey• Colleen Lawless • Arun Subramanian • Jessica Clarke • Robert Kirsch • Michael Farbiarz • Anthony Johnstone • Orelia Merchant • Wesley Hsu • Bradley Garcia • LaShonda A. Hunt • Nancy Gbana Abudu • Amanda Brailsford • Darrel Papillion • Jeremy Daniel • Hernan D. Vera • Julie Rikelman • Nusrat Choudhury • P. Casey Pitts • Myong Joun • Kymberly Evanson • Tiffany Cartwright • Rachel Bloomekatz • Natasha Merle • Dale Ho • Philip Hadji • Rita Lin • Brendan Hurson • Vernon D. Oliver • Matthew Maddox • Julia Munley • Brandy McMillion • Susan DeClercq • Julia Kobick • Ramon Reyes, Jr. • Ana de Alba • Kenly Kiya Kato • Mónica Ramírez Almadani • Jeffrey M. Bryan • Jamel Semper • Irma Ramirez • Richard Federico • Loren AliKhan • Brandon Long • Jerry Edwards Jr.• Sara Hill • Joseph Laroski | ||
Commissioned in 2022 | David Herrera Urias • Gabriel Sanchez • Holly Thomas • Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong • David Ruiz • Charles Fleming • Bridget Brennan • Leonard Stark • Alison J. Nathan • John Chun • Julie Rubin • Jacqueline Scott Corley • Ruth Bermudez Montenegro • Victoria Calvert • Georgette Castner • Anne Traum • Cristina Silva • Ketanji Brown Jackson (Supreme Court) • Sarah Geraghty • Hector Gonzalez • Fred Slaughter • Jennifer Rochon • Robert Huie • Sunshine S. Sykes • Stephanie Dawkins Davis • Evelyn Padin • Sherilyn P. Garnett • Ana de Alba • J. Michelle Childs • Trina Thompson • Elizabeth Hanes • Nancy Maldonado • Nina Morrison • Gregory Williams • John Z. Lee • Sal Mendoza, Jr. • Lara Montecalvo • Florence Pan • Andre Mathis • Sarah A.L. Merriam • Jennifer Rearden • Roopali Desai • María Antongiorgi-Jordán • Camille Vélez-Rivé • Doris Pryor • Frances Kay Behm • Dana Douglas • Mia Roberts Perez • Anne Nardacci • Jeffery P. Hopkins | ||
Commissioned in 2021 |
Ketanji Brown Jackson • Zahid Quraishi • Julien Xavier Neals • Deborah Boardman • Regina Rodriguez • Candace Jackson-Akiwumi • Lydia Kay Griggsby • Tiffany Cunningham • Eunice Lee • Angel Kelley • Florence Pan • Veronica Rossman • David G. Estudillo • Sarah A.L. Merriam • Gustavo Gelpí • Christine O'Hearn • Margaret Strickland • Karen McGlashan Williams • Patricia Tolliver Giles • Toby Heytens • Michael Nachmanoff • Sarala Nagala • Beth Robinson • Omar A. Williams • Myrna Pérez • Jia Cobb • Tana Lin • Lauren King • Lucy H. Koh • Jennifer Sung • Samantha Elliott • Katherine Menendez • Mary Dimke • Linda Lopez • Shalina Kumar • Jane Beckering • Jinsook Ohta • Jennifer L. Thurston • Stephen Locher • Charlotte Sweeney • Nina Nin-Yuen Wang • Arianna Freeman • Jerry Blackwell |
Federal courts:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan
State courts:
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State resources:
Courts in Michigan • Michigan judicial elections • Judicial selection in Michigan