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United States federal district court in Michigan

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (in case citations, E. D. Mich.) is the federal district court with jurisdiction over of the eastern half of the Lower Peninsula of the State of Michigan. The Court is based in Detroit, with courthouses also located in Ann Arbor, Bay City, Flint, and Port Huron. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has appellate jurisdiction over the court (except for patent claims and claims against the U. S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). as of 2021, the United States attorney is Dawn N. Ison.

The United States District Court for the District of Michigan was established on July 1, 1836, by , with a single judgeship. The district court was not assigned to a judicial circuit, but was granted the same jurisdiction as United States circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Due to the so called "Toledo War", a boundary dispute with Ohio, Michigan did not become a state of the Union until January 26, 1837. On March 3, 1837, Congress passed an act that repealed the circuit court jurisdiction of the U. S. District Court for the District of Michigan, assigned the District of Michigan to the Seventh Circuit, and established a U. S. circuit court for the district, Finally, on July 23, 1866, by , Congress assigned the two Districts in Michigan to the Sixth Circuit, where they remain.