--- title: "Stephanie Dawkins Davis | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/stephanie-dawkins-davis" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Stephanie Dawkins Davis U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit - State: National federal courts - Role: U.S. Circuit Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Stephanie Renaye Dawkins Davis is an American judge serving as a United States circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, appointed by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate in 2022 - U.S. Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of Michigan (2016–2019) - Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1997-2016; executive assistant U.S. attorney, 2010-2016 - Joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1997, serving in both civil and criminal divisions for 18 years, including as deputy unit chief of the Controlled Substances Unit and executive assistant U.S. attorney (2010–2015). - Began her legal career in products liability and commercial law at Dickinson Wright in Detroit, mentored by future Michigan Supreme Court Justice Mary Beth Kelly ### Education - Washington University School of Law — J.D. (1992) - Wichita State University — B.S. (1989) - Wichita State University — 1988 - Paseo Academy ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, E.D. Michigan, 2016-present - Commissioned: June 14, 2022 - Confirmed: May 24, 2022, by a Senate vote of 49–43 - 31, 2019 – June 14, 2022) Nominated by President Donald Trump on March 11, 2019; confirmed Dec. - Private practice, Detroit, Michigan, 1992-1997 - Born 1967. - Date of birth: 1967 - Board of Education (1954). - Predecessor: Helene N. White - The Sixth Circuit is one of 13 U.S. federal appellate courts, covering the Midwest and parts of the South. - F. L. Schlagle High School - She was inspired to pursue law by Brown v. - Born in Kansas City, Kansas, Davis grew up as an only child to a single mother. - Birth place: Kansas City ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### appellate oral argument Scope: courtwide In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation. Evidence excerpt: Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessary [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7545481) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7545481) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7545481) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9307/stephanie-dawkins-davis/) - [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9307/stephanie-dawkins-davis/) - [Judge Stephanie Dawkins Davis](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7545481) - [Wikidata: Stephanie D. 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