Elmer Gordon West

How Judge West rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Position
district
Appointed by
John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Commissioned
1961-09-15
Education
Louisiana State University, B.S., 1941; Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center), LL.B., 1942
Signed orders read
25

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Dunn v. Henderson
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“an order will be entered herein denying petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus.”

Blackburn v. U. S. Board of Parole
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus is denied and his motion to be released on bail pending revocation hearing is also denied.”

Motion for release on bail (petitioner) Denied
McIlvaine v. Henderson
Habeas petition (petitioner) Granted

“petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus will be granted, reserving to the State the right to re-try petitioner if it elects to do so, according to law, and within a reasonable time, say sixty days from date hereof.”

Hudgins v. Hart
Summary judgment (defendants) Granted

“the motions of both defendants for summary judgment will be granted, and judgment will be entered accordingly.”

Pickering v. Henderson
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“his petition for a writ of habeas corpus will be denied and judgment will be entered accordingly.”

Pounders v. Henderson
Sua sponte dismissal (court) Granted

“the Court, on its own motion, will dismiss this suit, with prejudice, and judgment will be entered accordingly.”

Boyd v. Pointe Coupee Parish School Board
Motion for supplemental relief (United States intervenor) Denied

“The supplemental relief sought is therefore denied.”

Johnson v. Henderson
Motion for sentence credit (petitioner) Granted

“the petitioner’s re*706quest that he be given credit on the five year sentence he is now serving for time served since January 11, 1968 should be granted”

Dominguez v. Henderson
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“petitioner’s application for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus will be denied, and judgment will be entered accordingly.”

Brumfield v. Henderson
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“petitioner’s application for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus will be denied, and judgment will be entered accordingly.”

United States ex rel. Wilson v. Walker
Habeas petition (petitioner) Granted

“a writ of habeas corpus will issue herein as prayed for.”

Clark v. United States
Section 2255 petition (petitioner) Denied

“the writ of habeas corpus should be denied. Judgment will be entered accordingly.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The reviewed decisions span habeas and post-conviction petitions, civil-rights and prison litigation, labor and employment, admiralty, antitrust, maritime injury, insurance, and school desegregation. The publication-selected set cannot support a career-wide caseload estimate.

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