- Source: United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
The United States Court for the Middle district" target="_blank">District of Louisiana (in case citations, M.D. La.) comprises the parishes of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana. Court is held at the Russell B. Long United States Courthouse in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It falls under the jurisdiction of 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).
The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle district" target="_blank">District of Louisiana represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. As of December 13, 2021 the United States attorney is Ronald C. Gathe.
History
On March 26, 1804, Congress organized the Territory of Orleans and created the United States district" target="_blank">District Court for the district" target="_blank">District of Orleans - the only time Congress provided a territory with a district" target="_blank">district court equal in its authority and jurisdiction to those of the states. The United States district" target="_blank">District Court for the district" target="_blank">District of Louisiana was established on April 8, 1812, by 2 Stat. 701, several weeks before Louisiana was formally admitted as a state of the union. The district" target="_blank">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.
On February 13, 1845, Louisiana was reorganized into a single district" target="_blank">District with one judgeship, by 5 Stat. 722, but was again divided into Eastern and the Western Districts on March 3, 1849, by 9 Stat. 401. Congress again abolished the Western district" target="_blank">District of Louisiana and reorganized Louisiana as a single judicial district" target="_blank">district on July 27, 1866, by 14 Stat. 300. 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. The Middle district" target="_blank">District was formed from portions of those two Districts on December 18, 1971, by 85 Stat. 741, making it one of the youngest districts in the United States.
Current judges
As of July 18, 2018:
Former judges
Chief judges
Chief judges have administrative responsibilities with respect to their district" target="_blank">district court. Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district" target="_blank">district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge.
A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first. The age restrictions are waived if no members of the court would otherwise be qualified for the position.
When the office was created in 1948, the chief judge was the longest-serving judge who had not elected to retire, on what has since 1958 been known as senior status, or declined to serve as chief judge. After August 6, 1959, judges could not become or remain chief after turning 70 years old. The current rules have been in operation since October 1, 1982.
Succession of seats
U.S. Attorneys
Douglas M. Gonzales 1972-76
Cheney C. Joseph, Jr. 1976-77
Donald L. Beckner 1977-81
Stanford O. Bardwell, Jr. 1981-86
P. Raymond Lamonica 1986-94
L. J. Hymel 1994-2001
David R. Dugas 2001-2010
Don Cazayoux Jr. 2010-2013
James Walter Frazer Green 2013-2017
Corey Amundson 2017-2018
Brandon Fremin 2018-2021
Ronald C. Gathe 2021-present
See also
Courts of Louisiana
List of current United States district" target="_blank">district judges
List of United States federal courthouses in Louisiana
United States district" target="_blank">District Court for the Eastern district" target="_blank">District of Louisiana
United States district" target="_blank">District Court for the Western district" target="_blank">District of Louisiana
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
References
External links
United States district" target="_blank">District Court - Louisiana Middle district" target="_blank">District
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