Ralph B. Guy Jr.

Ralph Guy

Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
In office May 19, 2001 – May 19, 2005
Preceded by	Paul Roney
Succeeded by	Edward Leavy
Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
In office October 8, 1998 – May 19, 2001
Preceded by	Bobby Baldock
Succeeded by	Edward Leavy
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In office October 17, 1985 – September 1, 1994
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Eric Clay
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
In office May 12, 1976 – October 17, 1985
Appointed by	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Frederick Kaess
Succeeded by	Lawrence Zatkoff
Personal details
Born	1929 (age 86–87) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (BA; JD)

Ralph B. Guy Jr. (born 1929) is a United States federal judge. He is a senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Guy received an A.B. from the University of Michigan in 1951 and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1953. He was in private practice in Dearborn, Michigan from 1954 to 1955. He was an assistant corporation counsel for the City of Dearborn from 1955 to 1958, and corporation counsel for that city until 1968. He was then a chief assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan until 1970, going on to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan until 1976.

On April 26, 1976, Guy was nominated by President Gerald Ford to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan vacated by Frederick William Kaess. Guy was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 11, 1976, and received his commission the following day.

On July 23, 1985, President Ronald Reagan elevated Guy to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit created by 98 Stat. 333. He was again confirmed by the United States Senate on October 16, 1985, and received his commission the following day. He assumed senior status on September 1, 1994.

Sources

Ralph B. Guy Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Frederick Kaess	Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan 1976–1985	Succeeded by Lawrence Zatkoff
New seat	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 1985–1994	Succeeded by Eric Clay
Preceded by Bobby Baldock	Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review 1998–2001	Succeeded by Edward Leavy
		Succeeded by Edward Leavy
Preceded by Paul Roney	Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review 2001–2005

Current senior judges of the United States courts of appeals

1st Circuit	Campbell Selya Boudin Stahl Lipez

2nd Circuit	Newman Kearse Winter Walker Leval Calabresi Straub Sack Parker Wesley Lynch

3rd Circuit	Sloviter Stapleton Greenberg Scirica Cowen Nygaard Roth Rendell Barry Fuentes

4th Circuit	Phillips Chapman Hamilton Davis

5th Circuit	King Reavley Higginbotham Duhé, Jr. Barksdale Wiener Benavides

6th Circuit	Keith Merritt Wellford Guy Norris Suhrheinrich Siler Daughtrey Gilman

7th Circuit	Bauer Ripple Manion

8th Circuit	Bowman Beam Hansen Arnold Murphy Melloy

9th Circuit	Goodwin Wallace Hug Schroeder Farris Pregerson Nelson Canby Noonan Leavy Trott Fernandez Kleinfeld Hawkins Tashima Silverman Fisher

10th Circuit	McKay Seymour Porfilio Anderson Baldock Brorby Ebel Murphy O'Brien

11th Circuit	Hill Fay Kravitch Anderson Edmondson Cox Dubina Black

DC Circuit	Edwards Silberman Buckley Williams Ginsburg Sentelle Randolph

Federal Circuit	Mayer Plager Clevenger Schall Bryson Linn

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