Know Your Judge: Sean Francis Cox

This week in Know Your Judge we feature Judge Sean Francis Cox of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Cox was appointed by former President George W. Bush and has been serving since 2006.

Cox held in 2016 that a Michigan funeral home didn’t violate federal employment discrimination law by firing a transgender employee who was transitioning from male to female and intended to wear a woman’s attire at work. Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an opinion reversing Cox’s ruling.

The Sixth Circuit decision is notable for allowing transgender ...