Senators Stabenow and Peters Applaud Nomination of Judge Jonathan J.C. Grey to Serve as U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters today applauded President Biden’s nomination of Judge Jonathan J.C. Grey to serve as the U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan. Judge Grey currently serves as the United States Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of Michigan. 

“Judge Grey’s service at the Eastern District Court of Michigan has demonstrated his work as a thoughtful and fair judge. I know Judge Grey will continue to serve with distinction as a U.S. District Judge. President Biden’s nomination affirms Judge Grey’s strong qualifications as a jurist with an impressive legal mind and respected member of our Michigan community. I look forward to moving his nomination through the Senate confirmation process,” said Senator Stabenow.

“Judge Grey would bring strong experience to the federal bench and serve Michiganders well,” said Senator Peters. “I applaud President Biden’s nomination of Judge Grey and look forward to working with my colleagues to move his nomination through the Senate confirmation process.”

Jonathan J.C. Grey has served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan since 2021. Judge Grey previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio from 2016 to 2021 and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2012 to 2016. From 2011 to 2012 and 2007 to 2009, he was an associate at Seyfath Shaw LLP in Chicago, Illinois. Judge Grey served as a law clerk for Judge Damon J. Keith on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 2010 to 2011 and Judge W. Louis Sands on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia from 2009 to 2010. Judge Grey received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2007 and B.S. from Morehouse College in 2004.

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