Paul Lewis Maloney (born December 15, 1949) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
Paul Lewis Maloney
Michigan Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Born 1949 in Cleveland, OH
FJC ID: 3153
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 2/year
Michigan Western District Court · 2007–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2013–2016
- Michigan Circuit Court, Second Judicial CircuitJudge · 1996–2007
- Michigan District Court, Fifth Judicial CircuitJudge · 1995–1996
- Michigan Department of CorrectionsSpecial assistant to the director · 1993–1995
Criminal Division, U.S. Department of JusticeDeputy assistant attorney general · 1989–1993- Berrien County, MichiganProsecutor · 1981–1989
- Berrien County, MichiganAssistant prosecutor · 1975–1981
Appointments
2007–present · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
- University of Detroit Law School (now University of Detroit Mercy School of Law)J.D. · 1975
- Lehigh UniversityB.A. · 1972