Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr.
How Judge LaCour decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
He preserved a negligence claim where the record contained a genuine factual dispute, while narrowing theories that lacked supporting evidence or an independent legal basis.
“because a genuine dispute of material fact exists as to Defendants’ negligence, the Court DENIES summary judgment on that claim.”
For episodic impairments, he looked for evidence addressing how often symptoms occurred, how long they lasted, and how they affected major activities.
“With no evidence as to the timing, frequency, and duration of Pasley’s depressive episodes”
Procedural preferences
When a pleading defect appeared potentially curable, he set a specific deadline for a focused amended complaint.
“If Plaintiff intends to file an amended complaint that again raises his municipal liability claim (Count 6), he must do so on or before May 12, 2026.”
He required a collateral-review movant to connect alleged attorney error to both deficient performance and resulting prejudice.
“Young’s conclusory allegation fails to show deficient performance by Myers or any resulting prejudice.”
Cautions
A discrimination claim built only on protected status and poor treatment did not survive without facts linking the treatment to that status.
“Jones cannot assert an ADEA claim just because he is over forty and was treated poorly.”
General credibility attacks and speculation did not create a fact dispute at summary judgment without affirmative evidence supporting deliberate falsity.
“general attacks on [Bishop]’s credibility are insufficient to create a genuine issue of fact”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The Court DISMISSES Counts 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10 WITH PREJUDICE, but DISMISSES Counts 3 and 6 WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“the petition for a writ of habeas corpus (Doc. 1) is due to be dismissed based on a lack of jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A).”
“the Court DENIES her habeas petition (Doc. 10).”
After screening the amended complaint, he dismissed all but two individual-capacity constitutional claims without prejudice. Quote: “all of Jones’s claims, EXCEPT his claims against Sheriff Pettway and Chaplain Hardy in their individual capacities for violations of his First and Eighth Amendment rights, are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b).”
“The City of Birmingham’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 8) is GRANTED. Plaintiff Jones’s claims are DISMISSED without prejudice.”
“The Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence (Doc. 1) is DENIED.”
“For the reasons explained above, the Court DENIES LEAVE to amend.”
“The Motion to Expedite (Doc. 18) is DENIED AS MOOT.”
“U.S. Bank’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 20) is GRANTED.”
“Winn-Dixie’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 30) is GRANTED.”
“Accordingly, MBUSI’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 25) is GRANTED.”
“The Court DENIES AS MOOT MBUSI’s Motion to Strike (Doc. 36).”
“The Court AFFIRMS the decision of the Commissioner.”
“The Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 31) is GRANTED.”
“The Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence (Doc. 1) is DENIED.”
“The Motion Requesting Final Decision (Doc. 8) is DENIED as moot.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 368 days (N = 3).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 1.5 days (N = 10).
The reviewed early calendar included employment, insurance, products liability, civil-rights, consumer-credit, bankruptcy-appeal, habeas, prisoner, and Social Security matters. Most cases were pending and too young for stable duration estimates.
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