Who appointed David William McKeague?

President George W. Bush appointed David William McKeague to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 2005.

Was David William McKeague appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

David William McKeague was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was David William McKeague's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed David William McKeague 96–0 on June 9, 2005.

Sixth Circuit / Appointed 2005 / Senior status since 2017

David William McKeague

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2005 and confirmed by the Senate 96–0, David William McKeague is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Michigan Law School in 1971. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1946 · age 80
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2005
Confirmed: 96–0
Education: University of Michigan 1968 · University of Michigan Law School 1971
Succeeded: Richard Fred Suhrheinrich
Succeeded by: Joan Louise Larsen

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1992	Western District of Michigan succeeded Douglas Woodruff Hillman	G.H.W. Bush (R)	Voice vote
2005	Sixth Circuit succeeded Richard Fred Suhrheinrich	G.W. Bush (R)	96–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 96–0 on June 9, 2005 · 109th Congress, Roll Call 135. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 96

43 D, 53 R

Did not vote · 4

1 D, 2 R, 1 I

Education

University of Michigan	B.A.	1968
University of Michigan Law School	J.D.	1971

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, McKeague was assigned 3,894 district-court cases (1983–2005). Median time from filing to termination: 178 days across 3,894 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas42%

Civil rights14%

Contract10%

Labor & ERISA8%

Social Security6%

Personal-injury torts6%

Other14%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

On appeal

Of 48 of McKeague’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 36 were affirmed, 7 reversed or vacated, and 5 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, McKeague authored 105 published opinions for the court (1992–2008). Most cited: Vine v. County of Ingham (44 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1995	Vine v. County of Ingham	884 F. Supp. 1153	44
1997	Doe v. Kelley	961 F. Supp. 1105	40
1995	Javetz v. Board of Control, Grand Valley State University	903 F. Supp. 1181	37
2008	Mu Ju Li v. Mukasey	515 F.3d 575	25
1992	Citizens Insurance Co. of America v. Proctor & Schwartz, Inc.	802 F. Supp. 133	19
1995	Mauro v. Borgess Medical Center	886 F. Supp. 1349	17
1994	Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service, Inc. v. Miller	849 F. Supp. 1202	16
2004	Robinson v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	341 F. Supp. 2d 759	12
2004	Soles v. Ingham County	316 F. Supp. 2d 536	12
2002	Smeltzer v. Hook	235 F. Supp. 2d 736	12
2002	Viron International Corp. v. David Boland, Inc.	237 F. Supp. 2d 812	12
1996	Federal Trade Commission v. Butterworth Health Corp.	946 F. Supp. 1285	11
1996	Martin v. A.O. Smith Corp.	931 F. Supp. 543	11
1994	Brimmer v. Traverse City Area Public Schools	872 F. Supp. 447	11
1993	Jones v. Jackson National Life Insurance	819 F. Supp. 1372	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 105 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed David William McKeague?: President George W. Bush appointed David William McKeague to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 2005.
Was David William McKeague appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: David William McKeague was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was David William McKeague's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed David William McKeague 96–0 on June 9, 2005.
Which court is David William McKeague on?: David William McKeague is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Sources

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21 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).