Stewart Albert Newblatt | |
Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan |
Term Start: | December 23, 1993 |
Term End: | December 27, 2022 |
Office1: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan |
Term Start1: | September 26, 1979 |
Term End1: | December 23, 1993 |
Appointer1: | Jimmy Carter |
Predecessor1: | Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629 |
Successor1: | Paul D. Borman |
Birth Name: | Stewart Albert Newblatt |
Birth Date: | 23 December 1927 |
Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
Death Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
Education: | University of Michigan (BA, JD) |
Stewart Albert Newblatt (December 23, 1927 – December 27, 2022) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Newblatt was born on December 23, 1927[1] in Detroit, Michigan. He was in the United States Army in the aftermath of World War II, from 1946 to 1947. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan in 1950 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School in 1952. He was in private practice in Flint, Michigan, from 1953 to 1962. He was a judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of Michigan from 1962 to 1970. He was in private practice in Flint from 1970 to 1979.
Newblatt was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on May 17, 1979, to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 25, 1979, and received his commission on September 26, 1979. He assumed senior status on December 23, 1993.
Newblatt died on December 27, 2022, four days after his 95th birthday.[2]