United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
(E.D. La.)
Location	New Orleans More locations Houma;
Appeals to	Fifth Circuit
Established	March 3, 1881
Judges	12
Chief Judge	Nannette Jolivette Brown
Officers of the court
U.S. Attorney	Duane A. Evans
U.S. Marshal	Enix Smith III
	www.laed.uscourts.gov

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (in case citations, E.D. La.) is a United States federal court based in New Orleans.

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).

As of March 1, 2021^[update], the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana is Duane A. Evans.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4] The United States District Court for the District of Louisiana was established on April 8, 1812, by 2 Stat. 701,^[4]^[5] 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 3 Stat. 774.^[4]^[5]

On February 13, 1845, Louisiana was reorganized into a single District with one judgeship, by 5 Stat. 722,^[4] but was again divided into Eastern and the Western Districts on March 3, 1849, by 9 Stat. 401.^[4] Congress again abolished the Western District of Louisiana and reorganized Louisiana as a single judicial district on July 27, 1866, by 14 Stat. 300.^[4] On March 3, 1881, by 21 Stat. 507, Louisiana was for a third time divided into Eastern and the Western Districts, with one judgeship authorized for each.^[4] The Middle District was formed from portions of those two Districts on December 18, 1971, by 85 Stat. 741.^[4]

After the United States District Court for the Canal Zone was abolished on March 31, 1982, all pending litigation was transferred to the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Current judges

As of January 16, 2024^[update]:

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Active	Chief	Senior	Appointed by
53	Chief Judge	Nannette Jolivette Brown	New Orleans	1963	2011–present	2018–present	—	Obama
51	District Judge	Jay C. Zainey	New Orleans	1951	2002–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
52	District Judge	Lance Africk	New Orleans	1951	2002–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
54	District Judge	Jane Triche Milazzo	New Orleans	1957	2011–present	—	—	Obama
55	District Judge	Susie Morgan	New Orleans	1953	2012–present	—	—	Obama
56	District Judge	Barry Ashe	New Orleans	1956	2018–present	—	—	Trump
57	District Judge	Wendy Vitter	New Orleans	1961	2019–present	—	—	Trump
58	District Judge	Greg G. Guidry	New Orleans	1960	2019–present	—	—	Trump
59	District Judge	Darrel J. Papillion	New Orleans	1968	2023–present	—	—	Biden
60	District Judge	Brandon Scott Long	New Orleans	1976	2023–present	—	—	Biden
61	District Judge	vacant	—	—	—	—	—	—
62	District Judge	vacant	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	Senior Judge	Helen Ginger Berrigan	inactive	1948	1994–2016	2001–2008	2016–present	Clinton
43	Senior Judge	Sarah S. Vance	New Orleans	1950	1994–2024	2008–2015	2024–present	Clinton
46	Senior Judge	Eldon E. Fallon	New Orleans	1939	1995–2024	—	2024–present	Clinton
47	Senior Judge	Mary Ann Vial Lemmon	New Orleans	1941	1996–2011	—	2011–present	Clinton
48	Senior Judge	Ivan L. R. Lemelle	New Orleans	1950	1998–2015	—	2015–present	Clinton
49	Senior Judge	Carl Barbier	New Orleans	1944	1998–2023	—	2023–present	Clinton

Vacancies and pending nominations

Seat	Prior judge's duty station	Seat last held by	Vacancy reason	Date of vacancy	Nominee	Date of nomination
9	New Orleans	Eldon E. Fallon	Senior status	January 1, 2024	–	–
5	New Orleans	Sarah S. Vance	Senior status	January 16, 2024	–	–

Former judges

#	Judge	State	Born–died	Active service	Chief Judge	Senior status	Appointed by	Reason for termination
1	John Dick	LA	1788–1824	1823–1824^{[Note 1]}^{[Note 2]}	—	—	Madison/Operation of law	death
2	Thomas B. Robertson	LA	1779–1828	1824–1828^{[Note 2]}	—	—	Monroe	death
3	Samuel Hadden Harper	LA	1783–1837	1829–1837^{[Note 2]}	—	—	Jackson	death
4	Philip Kissick Lawrence	LA	c.1793–1841	1837–1841^{[Note 2]}	—	—	Van Buren	death
5	Theodore Howard McCaleb	LA	1810–1864	1841–1845^{[Note 2]} 1849–1861^{[Note 1]}	—	—	Tyler Operation of law	reassignment to D. La. resignation
6	Edward Henry Durell	LA	1810–1887	1863–1866^{[Note 3]}	—	—	Lincoln	reassignment to D. La.
7	Edward Coke Billings	LA	1829–1893	1881–1893^{[Note 1]}	—	—	Grant/Operation of law	death
8	Charles Parlange	LA	1851–1907	1894–1907	—	—	Cleveland	death
9	Eugene Davis Saunders	LA	1853–1914	1907–1909	—	—	T. Roosevelt	resignation
10	Rufus Edward Foster	LA	1871–1942	1909–1925	—	—	T. Roosevelt	elevation to 5th Cir.
11	Charlton Beattie	LA	1869–1925	1925	—	—	Coolidge	death
12	Louis Henry Burns	LA	1878–1928	1925–1928^{[Note 4]}	—	—	Coolidge	death
13	Wayne G. Borah	LA	1891–1966	1928–1949^{[Note 5]}	—	—	Coolidge	elevation to 5th Cir.
14	Adrian Joseph Caillouet	LA	1883–1946	1940–1946	—	—	F. Roosevelt	death
15	Herbert William Christenberry	LA	1897–1975	1947–1975	1949–1967	—	Truman	death
16	J. Skelly Wright	LA	1911–1988	1949–1962^{[Note 6]}	—	—	Truman	elevation to D.C. Cir.
17	Elmer Gordon West	LA	1914–1992	1961–1972	1967–1972	—	Kennedy Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Louisiana Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. Navigácia: Veda > Analytika Antropológia Aplikované vedy Bibliometria Dejiny vedy Encyklopédie Filozofia vedy Forenzné vedy Humanitné vedy Knižničná veda Kryogenika Kryptológia Kulturológia Literárna veda Medzidisciplinárne oblasti Metódy kvantitatívnej analýzy Metavedy Metodika Metodológia vedy Náboženstvo a veda Náučná literatúra Podvody vo vede Popularizácia vedy Potravinárstvo Prírodné vedy Pseudoveda Scientometria Spoločenské vedy Teórie Teatrológia Technické vedy Technika Terminológia Umenie Výskum Veda Veda a technika podľa štátu Veda a technika podľa kontinentu Veda a technika podľa roka Veda v kozme Vedci Vedecká literatúra Vedecké databázy Vedecké experimenty Vedecké konferencie Vedecké metódy Vedecké ocenenia Vedecké organizácie Vedecké parky Vedeckí spisovatelia Vzdelávanie Záhady Príbuzné výrazy: Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. www.astronomia.sk \| www.biologia.sk \| www.botanika.sk \| www.dejiny.sk \| www.economy.sk \| www.elektrotechnika.sk \| www.estetika.sk \| www.farmakologia.sk \| www.filozofia.sk \| Fyzika \| www.futurologia.sk \| www.genetika.sk \| www.chemia.sk \| www.lingvistika.sk \| www.politologia.sk \| www.psychologia.sk \| www.sexuologia.sk \| www.sociologia.sk \| www.veda.sk I www.zoologia.sk

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
(E.D. La.)

Location	New Orleans More locations Houma
Appeals to	Fifth Circuit
Established	March 3, 1881
Judges	12
Chief Judge	Nannette Jolivette Brown
Officers of the court
U.S. Attorney	Duane A. Evans
U.S. Marshal	Enix Smith III
www.laed.uscourts.gov