Kurt Engelhardt
| Kurt Engelhardt | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #6 |
| Station: | New Orleans, LA |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 12/13/2001 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Morey Sear |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1960 |
| Home State: | New Orleans, LA |
| Undergraduate: | Louisiana State U., B.A., 1982 |
| Law School: | Louisiana State U. Law, J.D., 1985 |
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Kurt Engelhardt is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He joined the court in 2001 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. [1]
Early life and education
A native of Louisiana, Engelhardt graduated from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge with his Bachelor's Degree in 1982 and with his Juris Doctor Degree from Louisiana State University's Paul M. Herbert Law Center in 1985.[1]
Professional career
Engelhardt was a law clerk for State Appeals Judge Charles Grisbaum in the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1985 to 1987 before becoming a private practice attorney licensed in the State of Louisiana from 1987 to 2001.[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Louisiana
Engelhardt was nominated by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2001 to a seat vacated by Morey Sear as Sear died while in Judicial service. Engelhardt was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 11, 2001 on a Senate vote and received commission on December 13, 2001.[1]
Notable cases
BP executive's obstruction of Congress case
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana *United States v. David Rainey US 12CR291 |
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| Judge Carter presided over a case against a former BP executive charged with concealing information from Congress about the amounts of oil leaking from his company’s well into the Gulf of Mexico during the Gulf Coast Oil Spill in 2010. In May of 2013, Engelhardt dismissed the obstruction of Congress charge against Rainey, who was BP’s vice president of exploration for the Gulf at the time of the oil spill. The judge stated that he dismissed the count because the indictment failed to allege that Rainey knew about the pending congressional investigation he was charged with obstructing, and because it wasn’t clear that such a charge applies to subcommittee investigations. The U.S. Representative who led the House subcommittee’s investigation subsequently commented that the judge’s interpretation is “deeply troubling,” and urged the Justice Department to appeal. Rainey still faces a count of making false statements.[2] |
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Morey Sear |
Eastern District of Louisiana 2001–Current Seat #6 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Ludlum • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
