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U.S. District Court for the District of Orleans
March 26, 1804
2 Stat. 283
Hall, Dominic A.1
1804-1812
1. The act of April 8, 1812, 2 Stat. 701, established the U.S. District Court for the District of Louisiana, which replaced the U.S. District Court for the District of Orleans.

 

U.S. District Court for the District of Louisiana
April 8, 1812
2 Stat. 701 		February 13, 1845
5 Stat. 7222 		July 27, 1866
14 Stat. 3004
Hall, Dominic A.
1812-1813		 McCaleb, Theodore H.3
1845-1849		 Durell, Edward H.
1866-1874
Hall, Dominic A.
1813-1820		   Billings, Edward C.5
1876-1881
Dick, John1
1821-1823		    
1. The act of March 3, 1823, 3 Stat. 774, transferred this judgeship to the Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana.
2. The act of February 13, 1845, 5 Stat. 722, transferred this judgeship from the Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana.
3. The act of March 3, 1849, 90 Stat. 401, transferred this judgeship to the Eastern District of Louisiana.
4. The act of July 27, 1866, 14 Stat. 300, transferred this judgeship from the Eastern District of Louisiana.
5. The act of March 3, 1881, 21 Stat. 507, transferred this judgeship to the Eastern District of Louisiana.

 

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
March 3, 1823
3 Stat. 7741 		March 3, 1849
9 Stat. 4013 		March 3, 1881
21 Stat. 5075 		March 18, 1938
52 Stat. 110 		May 19, 1961
75 Stat. 80 		May 19, 1961
75 Stat. 80 		March 18, 1966
80 Stat. 75 		March 18, 1966
80 Stat. 75
Dick, John
1823-1824		 McCaleb, Theodore H.
1849-1861		 Billings, Edward C.
1881-1893		 Caillouet, Adrian J.
1940-1946		 West, Elmer G.6
1961-1972		 Ainsworth, Robert A., Jr.
1961-1966		 Cassibry, Fred J.
1966-1984		 Mitchell, Lansing L.
1966-1981
Robertson, Thomas B.
1824-1828		 Durell, Edward H.4
1863-1866		 Parlange, Charles
1894-1907		 Christenberry, Herbert W.
1947-1975		   Boyle, Edward J., Sr.
1966-1981		 Livaudais, Marcel, Jr.7
1984-1996		 Mentz, Henry A., Jr.
1982-1992
Harper, Samuel H.
1829-1837		   Saunders, Eugene D.
1907-1909		 Schwartz, Charles, Jr.
1976-1991		   McNamara, A. J.
1982-2001		   Vance, Sarah S.
1994-2024
Lawrence, Philip K.
1837-1841		   Foster, Rufus E.
1909-1925		 Clement, Edith B.
1991-2001		   Zainey, Jay C.
2002-		    
McCaleb, Theodore H.2
1841-1845		   Beattie, Charlton R.
1925		 Africk, Lance M.
2002-2024		        
    Burns, Louis H.
1925-1928		          
    Borah, Wayne G.
1928-1949		          
    Wright, J. Skelly
1949-1962		          
    Ellis, Frank B.
1962-1965		          
    Heebe, Frederick J. R.
1966-1992		          
    Jones, Okla, II
1994-1996		          
    Barbier, Carl J.
1998-2023		          
    Papillion, Darrel J.
2023-		          
March 18, 1966
80 Stat. 75 		March 18, 1966
80 Stat. 75 		June 2, 1970
84 Stat. 294 		June 2, 1970
84 Stat. 294 		October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629 		October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629 		October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629 		October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629
Rubin, Alvin B.
1966-1977		 Comiskey, James A.
1967-1975		 Gordon, Jack M.
1971-1982		 West, R. Blake
1971-1978		 Arceneaux, George, Jr.
1979-1993		 Carr, Patrick E.
1979-1991		 Wicker, Veronica D.
1979-1994		 Beer, Peter H.
1979-1994
Collins, Robert F.
1978-1993		 Sear, Morey L.
1976-2000		 Feldman, Martin L.
1983-2022		 Duplantier, Adrian G.
1978-1994		 Duval, Stanwood R., Jr.
1994-2008		 Berrigan, Helen G.
1994-2016		 Lemelle, Ivan L. R.
1998-2015		 Lemmon, Mary Ann V.
1996-2011
Porteous, G. Thomas, Jr.
1994-2010		 Engelhardt, Kurt D.
2001-2018		 Long, Brandon S.
2023-		 Fallon, Eldon E.
1995-2024		 Brown, Nannette J.
2011-		 Vitter, Wendy B.
2019-		 Ashe, Barry W.
2018-		 Milazzo, Jane M. T.
2011-
Morgan, Susie
2012-		 Guidry, Greg G.
2019-		            
1. The act of March 3, 1823, 3 Stat. 774, transferred this judgeship from the District of Louisiana.
2. The act of February 13, 1845, 5 Stat. 722, transferred this judgeship to the District of Louisiana.
3. The act of March 3, 1849, 9 Stat. 401, transferred this judgeship from the District of Louisiana.
4. The act of July 27, 1866, 14 Stat. 300, transferred this judgeship to the District of Louisiana.
5. The act of March 3, 1881, 21 Stat. 507, transferred this judgeship from the District of Louisiana.
6. The act of December 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 741, transferred this judgeship to the Middle District of Louisiana.
7. The act of October 6, 1997, 111 Stat. 1174, transferred this judgeship to the Middle District of Louisiana

 

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
March 3, 1823
3 Stat. 7741 		March 3, 1849
9 Stat. 401 		March 3, 1881
21 Stat. 507 		May 21, 1938
52 Stat. 584 		May 19, 1961
75 Stat. 80
Dick, John
1823-1824		 Boyce, Henry3
1849-1861		 Boarman, Alexander
1881-1916		 Porterie, Gaston L. N.
1939-1953		 Putnam, Richard J.
1961-1975
Robertson, Thomas B.
1824-1828		   Jack, George W.
1917-1924		 Hunter, Edwin F., Jr.
1953-1976		 Davis, W. Eugene
1976-1983
Harper, Samuel H.
1829-1837		   Dawkins, Benjamin C., Sr.
1924-1953		 Veron, Earl E.
1977-1990		 Duhe, John M., Jr.
1984-1988
Lawrence, Philip K.
1837-1841		   Dawkins, Benjamin C., Jr.
1953-1973		 Trimble, James T., Jr.
1991-2002		 Haik, Richard T.
1991-2015
McCaleb, Theodore H.2
1841-1845		   Stagg, Thomas E., Jr.
1974-1992		 Minaldi, Patricia H.
2003-2017		 Juneau, Michael J.
2018-2022
    Melancon, Tucker L.
1994-2009		 Cain, James D., Jr.
2019-		 Edwards, Jerry, Jr.
2023-
    Foote, Elizabeth E.
2010-2022		    
June 2, 1970
84 Stat. 294 		October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629 		July 10, 1984
93 Stat. 333 		December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089
Scott, Nauman S.
1970-1984		 Shaw, John M.
1979-1996		 Walter, Donald E.
1985-2001		 Doherty, Rebecca F.
1991-2017
Little, F. A., Jr.
1984-2002		 James, Robert G.
1998-2016		 Hicks, S. Maurice, Jr.
2003-		 Summerhays, Robert R.
2018-
Drell, Dee D.
2003-2017		 Doughty, Terry A.
2018-		    
Joseph, David C.
2020-		      
1. The act of March 3, 1823, 3 Stat. 774, transferred this judgeship from the District of Louisiana.
2. The act of February 13, 1845, 5 Stat. 772, transferred this judgeship to the District of Louisiana.
3. No successor to Henry Boyce was appointed before the act of July 27, 1866, 14 Stat. 300, abolished the Western District of Louisiana and reorganized the state as a single judicial district.

 

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
December 18, 1971
85 Stat. 7411 		October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629 		October 6, 1997
111 Stat. 11742
West, Elmer G.
1972-1979		 Parker, John V.
1979-1998		 Tyson, Ralph E.
1998-2011
Polozola, Frank J.
1980-2007		 Brady, James J.
2000-2013		 Dick, Shelly D.
2013-
Jackson, Brian A.
2010-		 deGravelles, John W.
2014-		  
1. The act of December 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 741, transferred this judgeship from the Eastern District of Louisiana effective April 16, 1972.
2. The act of October 6, 1997, 111 Stat. 1174, transferred this judgeship from the Eastern District of Louisiana.

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