Damon J. Keith

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit circuit Retired 2019 · served 1977–2019 Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic) 38 signed orders read

Judge Keith no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

United States v. John Doe
· 2013-08-27
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“we hold that applying the new minimums in Defendant's 1B1.10(b)(1) calculation is the only way to give effect to Congress's intent to achieve consistency with other Guidelines provisions ... Defendant is eligible for sentence reduction and the district court has jurisdiction to reduce his sentence ... For the foregoing reasons, we VACATE and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

United States v. Jeffrey Cox
· 2017-09-14
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Accordingly, for the above-mentioned reasons, we AFFIRM the convictions and sentence of the district court.”

United States v. Cedric Markeith Adams
12-6400 · 2013-07-23
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, we AFFIRM the district court's judgment.”

Allen M. Ajan v. United States
09-6366 · 2013-10-03
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“A thorough review of the record reveals ambiguity as to what the district court believed about its statutory authority to grant § 2255 relief, and we must therefore vacate Ajan's sentence and remand the case.”

Mehrdad Hosseini v. Jeh Johnson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, et al.
15-6082 · 2016-06-17
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“Because we hold that the denial of Hosseini's application was a final agency action, we REVERSE.”

Rachel v. Bordenkircher
· 1978-12-29
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“the judgment of the district court is reversed and the case is remanded to the District Court with instructions to grant petitioner's release unless the state initiates procedures to retry him within a reasonable time.”

United States v. Andrews
· 1979-07-18
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“we conclude that the district court erred in its determination that the initial stop of the defendant was unreasonable, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.”

United States v. Work Wear Corp.
· 1979-06-28
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Since we are unable to find an abuse of discretion on the record before us, we affirm.”

Banks v. United States
· 1980-01-30
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“Reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

In re: Jerry Lee Sargent
16-5632 · 2016-09-14
Motion for authorization (petitioner) Granted in part

“Because Sargent has made a prima facie showing that he is entitled to relief under Johnson, his motion is GRANTED. We AUTHORIZE the district court to consider his proposed application, and TRANSFER the case to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky for further proceedings. Sargent's motion for the appointment of counsel is DENIED without prejudice to his making such a motion in the district court.”

Roselyne Marikasi v. Loretta E. Lynch, Attorney General
16-3281 · 2016-10-20
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“For the following reasons, we AFFIRM the decision of the BIA.”

Lyniece Nelson v. City of Madison Heights, et al.
15-2441 · 2017-01-09
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, the district court properly denied Officer Wolowiec's motion for summary judgment as it pertained to Nelson's state created danger claims. Accordingly, we AFFIRM the district court's denial of summary judgment.”

A historical record

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