United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

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United States district court federal trial court

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Michigan, including the Detroit metropolitan area.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan canonical	19
Eastern District of Michigan	8
Southern Division, E.D. Mich.	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T561314 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, reviewsCasesFrom, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan]

A. United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of Connecticut.
B. United States District Court for the Western District of New York
The United States District Court for the Western District of New York is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in the western region of New York State, including cities such as Buffalo and Rochester.
C. United States District Court for the District of Maryland
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of Maryland.
D. United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in parts of New York City and Long Island.
E. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Target entity description: The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Michigan, including the Detroit metropolitan area.

A. United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of Connecticut.
B. United States District Court for the Western District of New York
The United States District Court for the Western District of New York is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in the western region of New York State, including cities such as Buffalo and Rochester.
C. United States District Court for the District of Maryland
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of Maryland.
D. United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in parts of New York City and Long Island.
E. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States district court ⓘ federal trial court ⓘ
abbreviation	E.D. Mich. ⓘ E.D. Mich. ⓘ surface form: E.D. Michigan
appellateCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ
authorizedJudgeships	15 ⓘ
chiefJudge	Sean F. Cox ⓘ
circuit	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ surface form: Sixth Circuit
clerkOfCourtOffice	Detroit ⓘ surface form: Detroit, Michigan
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
courtType	trial court of general federal jurisdiction ⓘ
createdBy	United States Congress ⓘ
established	1863 ⓘ
governingLaw	United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ federal statutes ⓘ
handles	admiralty cases ⓘ bankruptcy appeals ⓘ diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ federal criminal prosecutions ⓘ federal question jurisdiction cases ⓘ
hasBuilding	Theodore Levin United States Courthouse ⓘ
hasDivision	Northern Division ⓘ Southern Division ⓘ
hasMagistrateJudges	yes ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ
jurisdiction	Detroit metropolitan area ⓘ United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eastern District of Michigan eastern region of Michigan ⓘ federal civil cases ⓘ federal criminal cases ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	Ann Arbor ⓘ surface form: Ann Arbor, Michigan Bay City ⓘ surface form: Bay City, Michigan Detroit ⓘ surface form: Detroit, Michigan Flint, Michigan ⓘ Port Huron, Michigan, United States ⓘ surface form: Port Huron, Michigan
mainCourthouseLocation	231 W. Lafayette Blvd., Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
partOf	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ surface form: United States District Court for the Sixth Circuit federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States federal judiciary
regionServed	eastern Michigan ⓘ surface form: eastern Lower Peninsula of Michigan
seat	Detroit ⓘ surface form: Detroit, Michigan
state	Michigan (most of state) ⓘ surface form: Michigan
subordinateTo	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
typeOfCourt	Article III court ⓘ
website	https://www.mied.uscourts.gov ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit → reviewsCasesFrom → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

DeBoer v. Snyder → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

DeBoer v. Snyder → courtOfFirstInstance → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

Kwame Kilpatrick → convictedIn → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern District of Michigan

Milliken I → originatingCourt → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

subject surface form: Milliken v. Bradley (1974)

John Wesley Longyear → court → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

Bernard A. Friedman → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern District of Michigan

Bernard A. Friedman → employer → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

Theodore Levin United States Courthouse → locatedInJurisdiction → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

Theodore Levin United States Courthouse → occupant → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

Southern Division → partOf → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Division (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan)

Southern Division → locatedIn → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Division (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan)

this entity surface form: Eastern District of Michigan

Southern Division → hasParentCourt → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Division (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan)

Southern Division → hasAbbreviation → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Division (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan)

this entity surface form: Southern Division, E.D. Mich.

Northern Division → partOf → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Division (U.S. District Court, E.D. Michigan)

Northern Division → locatedInJurisdiction → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Division (U.S. District Court, E.D. Michigan)

this entity surface form: Eastern District of Michigan

Northern Division → district → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Division (U.S. District Court, E.D. Michigan)

this entity surface form: Eastern District of Michigan

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern District of Michigan

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan → partOf → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan → appealsTo → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

E.D. Mich. → fullName → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

E.D. Mich. → abbreviationFor → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

E.D. Mich. → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern District of Michigan

Sean F. Cox → employer → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

Sean F. Cox → nominatedAsJudgeOf → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

Sean F. Cox → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern District of Michigan

Sean F. Cox → isChiefJudgeOf → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ

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