Robert Hardy Cleland (born April 26, 1947) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 8/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 35/year
Michigan Eastern District Court · 1990–2013
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
- St. Clair County, Port Huron, MichiganOffice of the Prosecuting Attorney · 1972–1990
- ↳assistant prosecutor · 1972–1975
- ↳chief trial attorney · 1975–1977
- ↳chief assistant · 1977–1980
- ↳prosecutor · 1981–1990
- Private practice, Port Huron, Michigan1972–1975
Appointments
1990–2013 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1972- Michigan State UniversityB.A. · 1969