1. Jurisdiction

2. History

3. Current judges

4. Vacancies and pending nominations

5. Former judges

6. Chief judges

7. Succession of seats

8. United States Attorney

9. See also

10. References

11. External links

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (in case citations, E.D. La.) is a federal trial court based in New Orleans. Like all U.S. district courts, the court has original jurisdiction over civil actions arising under the Constitution, laws, and treaties of the United States;^[1] certain civil actions between citizens of different states;^[2] civil actions within the admiralty or maritime jurisdiction of the United States;^[3] criminal prosecutions brought by the United States;^[4] and many other types of cases and controversies.^[5] It also has appellate jurisdiction over a very limited class of judgments, orders, and decrees.^[6]

Appeals from the Eastern District of Louisiana are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

Jurisdiction

This district comprises the following parishes: Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne and Washington.^[7]

History

On March 26, 1804, Congress organized the Territory of Orleans and created the United States District Court for the District of Orleans — the only time Congress provided a territory with a district court equal in its authority and jurisdiction to those of the states.^[8] The United States District Court for the District of Louisiana was established on April 8, 1812, by {{USStat|2|701}},^[8][9] several weeks before Louisiana was formally admitted as a state of the union. The District was thereafter subdivided and reformed several times. It was first subdivided into Eastern and Western Districts on March 3, 1823, by {{USStat|3|774}}.^[8][9]

On February 13, 1845, Louisiana was reorganized into a single District with one judgeship, by {{USStat|5|722}},^[8] but was again divided into Eastern and the Western Districts on March 3, 1849, by {{USStat|9|401}}.^[8] Congress again abolished the Western District of Louisiana and reorganized Louisiana as a single judicial district on July 27, 1866, by {{USStat|14|300}}.^[8] On March 3, 1881, by {{USStat|21|507}}, Louisiana was for a third time divided into Eastern and the Western Districts, with one judgeship authorized for each.^[8] The Middle District was formed from portions of those two Districts on December 18, 1971, by {{USStat|85|741}}.^[8]

After the U.S. District Court for the Canal Zone was abolished on March 31, 1982, all pending litigation was transferred to E.D.La.

Current judges

The court has twelve authorized judgeships. In addition to the active district judges, the court currently has three senior district judges and six magistrate judges.

  index=53|  title=District Judge|  name=Nannette Jolivette Brown|  duty station=New Orleans|  born=1963|  term=2011–present|  chief term=2018–present|  senior term=—|  appointer=Obama|

  index=38|  title=District Judge|  name=Martin Leach-Cross Feldman|  duty station=New Orleans|  born=1934|  term=1983–present|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer=Reagan|

  index=43|  title=District Judge|  name=Sarah S. Vance|  duty station=New Orleans|  born=1950|  term=1994–present|  chief term=2008–2015|  senior term=—|  appointer=Clinton|

  index=46|  title=District Judge|  name=Eldon E. Fallon|  duty station=New Orleans|  born=1939|  term=1995–present|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer=Clinton|

  index=49|  title=District Judge|  name=Carl Barbier|  duty station=New Orleans|  born=1944|  term=1998–present|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer=Clinton|

  index=51|  title=District Judge|  name=Jay C. Zainey|  duty station=New Orleans|  born=1951|  term=2002–present|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer=G.W. Bush|

  index=52|  title=District Judge|  name=Lance M. Africk|  duty station=New Orleans|  born=1951|  term=2002–present|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer=G.W. Bush|

  index=54|  title=District Judge|  name=Jane Margaret Triche Milazzo|  duty station=New Orleans|  born=1957|  term=2011–present|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer=Obama|

  index=55|  title=District Judge|  name=Susie Morgan|  duty station=New Orleans|  born=1953|  term=2012–present|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer=Obama|

  index=57|  title=District Judge|  name=''vacant''|  duty station= —|  born=—|  term=—|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer=—|

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

  index=58|  title=District Judge|  name=''vacant''|  duty station= —|  born=—|  term=—|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer=—|

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

  index=41|  title=Senior Judge|  name=Helen Ginger Berrigan|  duty station=''inactive''|  born=1948|  term=1994–2016|  chief term=2001–2008|  senior term=2016–present|  appointer=Clinton|

  index=47|  title=Senior Judge|  name=Mary Ann Vial Lemmon|  duty station=New Orleans|  born=1941|  term=1996–2011|  chief term=—|  senior term=2011–present|  appointer=Clinton|

  index=48|  title=Senior Judge|  name=Ivan L. R. Lemelle|  duty station=New Orleans|  born=1950|  term=1998–2015|  chief term=—|  senior term=2015–present|  appointer=Clinton|

Vacancies and pending nominations

Former judges

  index=1|  name={{sortname|John|Dick|John Dick (judge)}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1788–1824|  term=1823[10]–1824|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Monroe|List of federal judges appointed by James Monroe}}|  termination=death|

  index=2|  name={{sortname|Thomas B.|Robertson}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1779–1828|  term=1824–1828|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Monroe|List of federal judges appointed by James Monroe}}|  termination=death|

  index=3|  name={{sortname|Samuel Hadden|Harper}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1783–1837|  term=1829–1837|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Jackson|List of federal judges appointed by Andrew Jackson}}|  termination=death|

  index=4|  name={{sortname|Philip Kissick|Lawrence}}|  state=LA|  borndied=unknown–1841|  term=1837–1841|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Van Buren|List of federal judges appointed by Martin Van Buren}}|  termination=death|

  index=5|  name={{sortname|Theodore Howard|McCaleb}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1810–1864|  term=1841–1845|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Tyler|List of federal judges appointed by John Tyler}}|  termination=reassignment to D. La.|

  index=5.1|  name={{sortname|Theodore Howard|McCaleb}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1810–1864|  term=1849–1861|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Tyler|List of federal judges appointed by John Tyler}}|  termination=resignation|

  index=6|  name={{sortname|Edward Henry|Durell}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1810–1887|  term=1863[11]–1866|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Lincoln|List of federal judges appointed by Abraham Lincoln}}|  termination=reassignment to D. La.|

  index=7|  name={{sortname|Edward Coke|Billings}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1829–1893|  term=1876–1893|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Grant|List of federal judges appointed by Ulysses S. Grant}}|  termination=death|

  index=8|  name={{sortname|Charles|Parlange}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1851–1907|  term=1894–1907|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Cleveland|List of federal judges appointed by Grover Cleveland}}|  termination=death|

  index=9|  name={{sortname|Eugene Davis|Saunders}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1853–1914|  term=1907–1909|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname|T.|Roosevelt|List of federal judges appointed by Theodore Roosevelt}}|  termination=resignation|

  index=10|  name={{sortname|Rufus Edward|Foster}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1871–1942|  term=1909–1925|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname|T.|Roosevelt|List of federal judges appointed by Theodore Roosevelt}}|  termination=appointment to 5th Cir.|

  index=11|  name={{sortname|Charlton Reid|Beattie}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1869–1925|  term=1925|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Coolidge|List of federal judges appointed by Calvin Coolidge}}|  termination=death|

  index=12|  name={{sortname|Louis Henry|Burns}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1878–1928|  term=1925–1928|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Coolidge|List of federal judges appointed by Calvin Coolidge}}|  termination=death|

  index=13|  name={{sortname|Wayne G.|Borah}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1891–1966|  term=1928–1949|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Coolidge|List of federal judges appointed by Calvin Coolidge}}|  termination=appointment to 5th Cir.|

  index=14|  name={{sortname|Adrian Joseph|Caillouet}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1883–1946|  term=1940–1946|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname|F.|Roosevelt|List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt}}|  termination=death|

  index=15|  name={{sortname|Herbert William|Christenberry}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1897–1975|  term=1947–1975|  chief term=1949–1967|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Truman|List of federal judges appointed by Harry S. Truman}}|  termination=death|

  index=16|  name={{sortname|J. Skelly|Wright}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1911–1988|  term=1949[12]–1962|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Truman|List of federal judges appointed by Harry S. Truman}}|  termination=appointment to D.C. Cir.|

  index=17|  name={{sortname|Elmer Gordon|West}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1914–1992|  term=1961–1972|  chief term=1967–1972|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Kennedy|List of federal judges appointed by John F. Kennedy}}|  termination=reassignment to M.D. La.|

  index=18|  name={{sortname|Robert Andrew|Ainsworth Jr.}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1910–1981|  term=1961–1966|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Kennedy|List of federal judges appointed by John F. Kennedy}}|  termination=appointment to 5th Cir.|

  index=19|  name={{sortname|Frank Burton|Ellis}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1907–1969|  term=1962–1965|  chief term=—|  senior term=1965–1969|  appointer={{sortname||Kennedy|List of federal judges appointed by John F. Kennedy}}|  termination=death|

  index=20|  name={{sortname|Frederick Jacob|Reagan Heebe}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1922–2014|  term=1966–1992|  chief term=1972–1992|  senior term=1992–2014|  appointer={{sortname|L.|Johnson|List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson}}|  termination=death|

  index=21|  name={{sortname|Edward James|Boyle Sr.}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1913–2002|  term=1966–1981|  chief term=—|  senior term=1981–2002|  appointer={{sortname|L.|Johnson|List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson}}|  termination=death|

  index=22|  name={{sortname|Fred James|Cassibry}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1918–1996|  term=1966–1984|  chief term=—|  senior term=1984–1987|  appointer={{sortname|L.|Johnson|List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson}}|  termination=retirement|

  index=23|  name={{sortname|Lansing Leroy|Mitchell}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1914–2001|  term=1966–1981|  chief term=—|  senior term=1981–2001|  appointer={{sortname|L.|Johnson|List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson}}|  termination=death|

  index=24|  name={{sortname|Alvin Benjamin|Rubin}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1920–1991|  term=1966–1977|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname|L.|Johnson|List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson}}|  termination=appointment to 5th Cir.|

  index=25|  name={{sortname|James August|Comiskey}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1926–2005|  term=1967–1975|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname|L.|Johnson|List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson}}|  termination=resignation|

  index=26|  name={{sortname|Jack Murphy|Gordon}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1931–1982|  term=1971–1982|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Nixon|List of federal judges appointed by Richard Nixon}}|  termination=death|

  index=27|  name={{sortname|Roger Blake|West}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1928–1978|  term=1971–1978|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Nixon|List of federal judges appointed by Richard Nixon}}|  termination=death|

  index=28|  name={{sortname|Charles|Schwartz Jr.}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1922–2012|  term=1976–1991|  chief term=—|  senior term=1991–2012|  appointer={{sortname||Ford|List of federal judges appointed by Gerald Ford}}|  termination=death|

  index=29|  name={{sortname|Morey Leonard|Sear}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1929–2004|  term=1976–2000|  chief term=1992–1999|  senior term=2000–2004|  appointer={{sortname||Ford|List of federal judges appointed by Gerald Ford}}|  termination=death|

  index=30|  name={{sortname|Robert Frederick|Collins}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1931–present|  term=1978–1993|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Carter|List of federal judges appointed by Jimmy Carter}}|  termination=resignation|

  index=31|  name={{sortname|Adrian G.|Duplantier}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1929–2007|  term=1978–1994|  chief term=—|  senior term=1994–2007|  appointer={{sortname||Carter|List of federal judges appointed by Jimmy Carter}}|  termination=death|

  index=32|  name={{sortname|George|Arceneaux Jr.}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1928–1993|  term=1979–1993|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Carter|List of federal judges appointed by Jimmy Carter}}|  termination=death|

  index=33|  name={{sortname|Patrick Eugene|Carr}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1922–1998|  term=1979–1991|  chief term=—|  senior term=1991–1998|  appointer={{sortname||Carter|List of federal judges appointed by Jimmy Carter}}|  termination=death|

  index=34|  name={{sortname|Veronica DiCarlo|Wicker}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1930–1994|  term=1979–1994|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Carter|List of federal judges appointed by Jimmy Carter}}|  termination=death|

  index=35|  name={{sortname|Peter Hill|Beer}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1928–2018|  term=1979–1994|  chief term=—|  senior term=1994–2018|  appointer={{sortname||Carter|List of federal judges appointed by Jimmy Carter}}|  termination=death|

  index=36|  name={{sortname|A. J.|McNamara}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1936–2014|  term=1982–2001|  chief term=1999–2001|  senior term=2001–2014|  appointer={{sortname||Reagan|List of federal judges appointed by Ronald Reagan}}|  termination=death|

  index=37|  name={{sortname|Henry|Mentz}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1920–2005|  term=1982–1992|  chief term=—|  senior term=1992–2001|  appointer={{sortname||Reagan|List of federal judges appointed by Ronald Reagan}}|  termination=retirement|

  index=39|  name={{sortname|Marcel|Livaudais Jr.}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1925–2009|  term=1984–1996|  chief term=—|  senior term=1996–2008|  appointer={{sortname||Reagan|List of federal judges appointed by Ronald Reagan}}|  termination=retirement|

  index=40|  name={{sortname|Edith Brown|Clement}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1948–present|  term=1991–2001|  chief term=2001|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname|G.H.W.|Bush|List of federal judges appointed by George H. W. Bush}}|  termination=appointment to 5th Cir.|

  index=42|  name={{sortname|Stanwood|Duval}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1942–present|  term=1994–2008|  chief term=—|  senior term=2008–2017|  appointer={{sortname||Clinton|List of federal judges appointed by Bill Clinton}}|  termination=retirement|

  index=44|  name={{sortname|Okla|Jones II}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1945–1996|  term=1994–1996|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Clinton|List of federal judges appointed by Bill Clinton}}|  termination=death|

  index=45|  name={{sortname|Thomas|Porteous}}|  state=LA|  borndied=1946–present|  term=1994–2010|  chief term=—|  senior term=—|  appointer={{sortname||Clinton|List of federal judges appointed by Bill Clinton}}|  termination=impeachment and conviction|

Chief judges

Succession of seats

{{end U.S. judge succession}}{{Col-break}}{{start U.S. judge succession
| seat title = Seat 12
}}{{U.S. judge succession note
| text = Seat established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629
}}{{U.S. judge succession row
| name = Arceneaux, Jr.
| term = 1979–1993
}}{{U.S. judge succession row
| name = Duval, Jr.
| term = 1994–2008
}}{{U.S. judge succession row
| name = Brown
| term = 2011–present
}}{{end U.S. judge succession}}{{Col-break}}{{Col-end}}{{Col-begin}}{{Col-break}}{{start U.S. judge succession
| seat title = Seat 13
}}{{U.S. judge succession note
| text = Seat established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629
}}{{U.S. judge succession row
| name = Wicker
| term = 1979–1994
}}{{U.S. judge succession row
| name = Lemelle
| term = 1998–2015
}}{{U.S. judge succession row
| name = Ashe
| term = 2018–present
}}{{end U.S. judge succession}}{{Col-break}}{{start U.S. judge succession
| seat title = Seat 14
}}{{U.S. judge succession note
| text = Seat established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629
}}{{U.S. judge succession row
| name = Beer
| term = 1979–1994
}}{{U.S. judge succession row
| name = Lemmon
| term = 1996–2011
}}{{U.S. judge succession row
| name = Milazzo
| term = 2011–present
}}{{end U.S. judge succession}}{{Col-break}}{{Col-end}}

United States Attorney

The current United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana is Peter G. Strasser.

See also

• Courts of Louisiana
• List of United States federal courthouses in Louisiana
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
• United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
• U.S. Attorneys Gerald J. Gallinghouse and John Volz

References

External links

• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

• St. Charles County Regional SWAT Team
• St. Charles East High School, Illinois
• St. Charles East High School (Illinois)
• St. Charles East High School (St. Charles Illinois)
• St. Charles East High School (St. Charles, Illinois)
• St. Charles Formation
• St. Charles Garnier College
• St Charles Garnier College
• St. Charles-Greenwood
• St. Charles High School
• St. Charles High School (disambiguation)
• St. Charles High School (Maryland)
• St. Charles High School (Minnesota)
• St. Charles High School, Minnesota
• St. Charles High School, Missouri
• St. Charles High School, MN
• St. Charles High School, St. Charles
• St. Charles High School (St. Charles, Minnesota)
• St. Charles Hospital (Aurora, Illinois)
• St. Charles Hotel
• St. Charles Line
• St. Charles Medical Center (Bend, Oregon)
• St. Charles Medical Center - Madras
• St. Charles Medical Center – Madras
• St. Charles, Missouri, USA