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Adrienne Scruggs
Adrienne Scruggs is a judge of the Michigan 3rd Circuit Court. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on January 1, 2031.
Scruggs ran for election for judge of the Michigan 3rd Circuit Court. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Scruggs completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Adrienne Scruggs was born in Detroit, Michigan. She earned a bachelor's degree from Tennessee State University in 2001 and a law degree from Wayne State University Law School in 2005. Her career experience includes working as a lawyer.[1]
Scruggs has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 25, Local #2733C
- Coalition of Black Trade Unionist- Canton Chapter
- Coalition of Labor Union Women
- Referee Association of Michigan
- Wolverine Bar Association
- Detroit Bar Association
- D. Augustus Straker Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association of Eastern District of Michigan
- Wayne County Family Law Bar Association
- Women Lawyers Association of Michigan-Wayne Region
- Black Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
- Downriver Bar Association
- Michigan Association of Treatment Court Professionals
- Wayne County, Court Appointed Special Advocates
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Renaissance High School Alumni Association
- Tennessee State University National Alumni Association
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Wayne County, Michigan (2024)
General election
General election for Michigan 3rd Circuit Court
Adrienne Scruggs defeated John Larkin in the general election for Michigan 3rd Circuit Court on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Adrienne Scruggs (Nonpartisan)  | 55.9 | 313,000 |
 | John Larkin (Nonpartisan) | 44.1 | 247,377 | |
| Total votes: 560,377 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Michigan 3rd Circuit Court
John Larkin and Adrienne Scruggs defeated Nicole Castka in the primary for Michigan 3rd Circuit Court on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Larkin (Nonpartisan) | 40.2 | 71,217 |
| ✔ | | Adrienne Scruggs (Nonpartisan) | 36.1 | 64,053 |
| Nicole Castka (Nonpartisan) | 22.8 | 40,452 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 1,642 | ||
| Total votes: 177,364 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Charles Longstreet II (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Adrienne Scruggs completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Scruggs' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- As a woman of color with over a decade experience working in Wayne County’s 3rd Circuit Court and Washtenaw County’s 22nd Circuit Court, I understand how important it is that we continue to reform our criminal justice system. We’ve made progress, but there’s still a long way to go in ensuring we’re focused on rehabilitation and restorative justice rather than just punishment. The Court must continue efforts to provide alternatives to incarceration, expand the use of treatment courts, and engage the use of mental health facilities. It is important that we take measures to stop the criminalization of poverty, as well as provide legal aid resources to the public at large so those who interact with our justice system can do so fairly.
- While much of the legal community’s attention has been focused on criminal justice reform and rightly so, one of my priorities as 3rd Circuit Court Judge is to also advocate for and implement civil justice reforms. Those civil justice reforms include expanding access to counsel in civil and family law proceedings, making sure that parties are properly served with the Complaint on a case, making sure that parties receive proper and timely Notice of Hearing, and making sure cases are timely scheduled and orders entered.
- The 3rd Circuit Court should continue to reflect the diversity of Wayne County while also being an active member of the community. In order to provide better services that meet community members where they are and make the Court more accessible, the Court needs to ensure that it has enough staff on hand. It is also important that the Court take steps to better communicate with the community about the services it provides, such as legal aid resources, specialty courts, special accommodations, and more. The Court has already made great efforts to engage the community with the FOC Outreach Team, but there is opportunity to go further and implement a similar program in the Civil and Criminal divisions as well.
Accessibility of Services
Civil Justice Reform & Access to Civil Services
Continuing Criminal Justice Reforms
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
Federal courts:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan
State courts:
Michigan Supreme Court • Michigan Court of Appeals • Michigan Circuit Court • Michigan Court of Claims • Michigan District Courts • Michigan Municipal Courts • Michigan Probate Courts
State resources:
Courts in Michigan • Michigan judicial elections • Judicial selection in Michigan
