Eldon E. Fallon
How Judge Fallon rules, drawn from 37 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Fallon
Eldon E. Fallon is a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Appointed by President William J. Clinton, Judge Fallon received a commission on May 10, 1995. Judge Fallon assumed senior status on January 1, 2024.
Judge Fallon's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Fallon's own (checked October 9, 2026), so the court's local rules and general orders are the place to look (court page ↗).
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 9, 2026).
How Judge Fallon decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In an employment summary-judgment ruling, Fallon credited documented, nondiscriminatory explanations for a training delay when the employee identified no evidence connecting that delay to disability or gender.
“Plaintiff offers no rebuttal nor points to any evidence that his delayed training was the result of his disability or gender.”
In Query, the court allowed a safety expert to testify about voluntary standards even though the city did not require compliance with them; it left challenges to the expert’s reliance on those standards for cross-examination.
“Overall, the Court will not exclude Dr. Hall because he relied upon the ASTM. Costco may challenge Dr. Hall’s reliance on the ASTM standards on cross examination.”
Procedural preferences
In an oilfield-services contract dispute, Fallon allowed a veil-piercing claim past Rule 12(b)(6) where the complaint alleged facts touching nearly all of Louisiana’s relevant factors, leaving the strength of proof for later discovery.
“Provided the Complaint touches on nearly every relevant factor identified by Louisiana courts, Plaintiff plausibly satisfies the heavy burden of veil piercing.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Leone's Motion for Summary Judgment, R. Doc. 102, is GRANTED.”
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Soignet and Guidry's Motion for Summary Judgment, R. Doc. 97, is GRANTED.”
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that TPCG Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, R. Doc. 87, is GRANTED.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Defendant's motion to dismiss, R. Doc. 7, is GRANTED. The suit is dismissed without prejudice.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Winn Dixie's Motion for Summary Judgment (Rec. Doc. 4) is hereby DENIED.”
“For the foregoing reasons, IT IS ORDERED that Defendant's motion to dismiss (Rec. Doc. 6) is DENIED.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the motion for summary judgment, R. Doc. 24, is GRANTED. Plaintiff's claims are hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Allied Trust's motion to reopen case and for reconsideration, R. Doc. 13, is hereby DENIED.”
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, R. Doc. 9, is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Defendants may reurge the motion to dismiss at a later time.”
“the Court GRANTS Dr. Cook's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Seeking Removal of Preston L. Marshall as Co-Trustee of the Peroxisome Trust, R. Doc. 240”
“and DENIES Dr. Cook's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Damages, R. Doc. 239.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendants' Motion to Dismiss is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE to their right to reurge their motion after discovery is conducted.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment, R. Doc. 5415, is hereby GRANTED.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Defendant’s motion to dismiss, R. Doc. 19, is GRANTED. The suit is dismissed without prejudice.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion to exclude the testimony of Joseph Cormier, Ph.D, R. Doc. 37, be GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. To the extent Mr. Williby moves to exclude Dr. Cormier's opinions regarding medical causation, the motion is GRANTED. As to Dr. Cormier's opinions on the biomechanics of the collision, the motion is DENIED.”
“IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion in limine to strike the crush analysis, R. Doc. 37, is DENIED, reserving their right to refile this objection after further discovery.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median motion-to-ruling time: 71 days (N = 1).
- From the enumerated 2022-2024 cases: dominated by maritime personal injury (Jones Act / 46:30104 Marine Personal Injury, 340 Marine; Longshore & Harbor Workers' Compensation Act 33:0921), Federal Tort Claims Act suits vs the United States (28:2671), product-liability diversity (GM), Social Security appeals, and Section 1983 civil-rights suits, plus criminal matters.
- Reflects a senior judge still taking a full New Orleans civil docket.
- NOS examples captured below.
Pending matters in the official report
Reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts under the Civil Justice Reform Act, as of March 31, 2026.
| Motions pending more than six months | 0 |
| Bench trials submitted more than six months | 0 |
| Bankruptcy appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Social Security appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 0 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 58 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 441 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 881 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 1,004 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 1,012 |
| Mar 2023 | 1 | 1,287 |
| Sep 2022 | 5 | 3,102 |
| Mar 2022 | 2 | 5,422 |
| Sep 2021 | 2 | 7,739 |
| Mar 2021 | 1 | 8,852 |
| Sep 2020 | 1 | 8,833 |
A snapshot on that date: matters listed may since have been decided or reassigned. A motion referred to a magistrate judge is counted for both judges. Motions in multidistrict litigation, section 2255 cases and Social Security appeals are not counted, and a very large three-year count is generally a multidistrict docket. Source: Appendix A of the report (PDF); about the report.
How long civil cases take in this court
For the whole of United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, not for Judge Fallon: median time from filing to disposition of the civil cases the court closed in the 12 months ending September 30, 2025, as reported by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
| Cases | Median time | |
|---|---|---|
| All civil cases closed | 10,411 | 79.9 months |
| Closed with no court action | 3,511 | 86.6 months |
| Closed before pretrial | 2,814 | 14.6 months |
| Closed during or after pretrial | 4,062 | 86.8 months |
| Closed during trial | 24 | 23.2 months |
| 12 months ending | Cases closed | Median time |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 10,411 | 79.9 months |
| Sep 2024 | 6,506 | 10.7 months |
| Sep 2023 | 6,610 | 24.2 months |
| Sep 2022 | 8,635 | 69.4 months |
| Sep 2021 | 11,535 | 24.9 months |
| Sep 2020 | 16,631 | 36 months |
| Sep 2019 | 9,196 | 10.3 months |
The table leaves out prisoner petitions, land condemnations, deportation reviews, recovery of overpayments and enforcement of judgments, and reports no median for fewer than 10 cases. A district that closed a large multidistrict litigation in the period shows very large counts and long medians for that year. Source: Table C-5, U.S. District Courts (spreadsheet).
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