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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Michigan: Chief Judges

Eastern District of Michigan

Number of chief judges: 18

Western District of Michigan

Number of chief judges: 11
Starr, Raymond Wesley (1954-1961)
Kent, W. Wallace (1961-1971)
Fox, Noel Peter (1971-1979)
Gibson, Benjamin F. (1991-1995)
Enslen, Richard Alan (1995-2001)
Bell, Robert Holmes (2001-2008)
Maloney, Paul Lewis (2008-2015)
Jonker, Robert James (2015-2022)
Jarbou, Hala Yalda (2022-present)

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