United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
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The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana is a United States district court of the 5th Circuit with courts in Alexandria, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe and Shreveport.
When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Downtown New Orleans at the John Minor Wisdom Federal Courthouse.
Judges in the district
Article III judges
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- Nominated by George H.W. Bush: Richard Haik, Rebecca Doherty
- Nominated by Bill Clinton: Robert James
- Nominated by George W. Bush: Dee Drell, Maurice Hicks, Patricia Minaldi
Senior judges
Federal magistrate judges
- James Kirk Alexandria
- C. Michael Hill Lafayette
- Kathleen Kay Lake Charles
- Karen Hayes Monroe
- Mark Hornsby Shereveport
Former judges
- Henry Boyce - Appointed in June 1849 by President Zachary Taylor.
- Alexander Boarman - Appointed in 1881 by President James Garfield.
- George Whitfield Jack - Appointed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1917.
- Benjamin Dawkins, Sr. - Appointed by President Calvin Coolidge in 1924
- Benjamin Dawkins, Jr. - Appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1953
External links
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of LA
- U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of LA
- Judges of the Western District of Louisiana
- Opinions of the Western District of Louisiana
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Boarman • Boyce • Davis • Dawkins, Jr. • Dawkins, Sr. • Dick • Duhe • Harper • Hunter • Jack • Lawrence • Little • McCaleb • Porterie • Putnam • Robertson • Scott • Shaw • Veron |
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