Jane Triche Milazzo
How Judge Milazzo rules, drawn from 56 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Milazzo
Jane Margaret Triche Milazzo is a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Appointed by President Barack Obama, Judge Milazzo received a commission on October 12, 2011.
Judge Milazzo's practices and standing orders
Rules for cases before Judge Milazzo, as published on the court's website (checked October 9, 2026). Judges revise these often, so confirm the current version on the court's site before you file.
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Key rules
Motions
A motion requires a proper request before oral argument will occur.
“Oral Argument on a Motion will not occur unless a proper request is filed.”
Conferences
Submit preliminary conference status reports five working days before the conference by the stated methods.
“Preliminary Conference Status Reports are required five (5) working days prior to the conference and may be submitted either via email to [email protected] or via facsimile at (504) 589-7521”
Other
After settlement, send Chambers a letter with a copy to opposing counsel.
“When a case has settled, a letter must be submitted to Chambers with a carbon copy to all opposing counsel.”
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 Milazzo decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Trabelsi v. Laboratory Corporation, Milazzo remanded the case after a post-removal amendment added nondiverse defendants and destroyed complete diversity. She raised the jurisdiction issue on her own motion.
“the Court finds that it lacks subject-matter jurisdiction. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the above-captioned matter is REMANDED to the 24th Judicial District Court for the Parish of Jefferson.”
Procedural preferences
In Washington v. State Farm, Milazzo dismissed the claims against State Farm with prejudice after the policy attached to the motion showed that another company insured the property. She found amendment would be futile.
“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim is GRANTED. IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff's claims against Defendant State Farm Fire and Casualty Company are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
In Kelley v. Rogow, Milazzo set aside an entry of default against Rogow. She found the failure to respond was not willful, Rogow promptly sought relief, Kelley would not be prejudiced, and Rogow could present a meritorious defense.
“the Court finds that the default was not willful, that Rogow acted quickly to remedy the default, that Plaintiff will not be prejudiced by setting aside the default, and that Rogow can present a meritorious defense.”
In Henry’s employment case, Milazzo allowed twenty days to amend disability claims after finding the pleaded knee soreness too transitory to state a claim; she did not find a reason to deny leave at that stage.
“Having found none of these grounds present here, Plaintiff shall have leave to amend his Complaint to the extent that he can remedy the deficiencies identified herein.”
Cautions
In the Taxotere eye-injury litigation, Milazzo dismissed fraud and misrepresentation counts that did not plead with Rule 9(b) particularity, while allowing the strict-liability and negligence counts to proceed. She gave the plaintiffs time to seek leave to amend the fraud counts.
“the Motion is DENIED IN PART and GRANTED IN PART. The Motion is DENIED with respect to Counts I (Strict Products Liability Failure to Warn) and II (Negligence). ... the Motion is GRANTED with respect to Counts III (Negligent Misrepresentation), IV (Fraudulent Misrepresentation),”
Interlocutory certification is unavailable merely to revisit a discretionary pretrial ruling when reversal would not end the case, disagreement does not show a substantial legal split, and an appeal would add delay and complexity.
“Certification of an interlocutory appeal of this Court’s refusal to bifurcate trial as requested by Movants would have none of these benefits.”
In Thomas’s hurricane insurance case, Milazzo dismissed with prejudice after repeated failures to produce critical discovery, finding that an earlier exclusion of expert testimony had not secured compliance and further lesser sanctions would be futile.
“This Court has already imposed lesser sanctions by striking Plaintiffs’ expert opinion testimony, and finds that other, lesser sanctions would be futile.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendant's Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim is GRANTED. IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff's claims against Defendant State Farm Fire and Casualty Company are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
“IT IS ORDERED that the Motion to Dismiss filed by Richard Neal is GRANTED and that the claims against Neal are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
“Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment on Plaintiff's open account claim is GRANTED with respect to the $21,879.00 billed for Magic Spice and the $116,981.20 of rejected product, and is DENIED in all other respects. ... Defendant's Motion as to Plaintiff's contract claim is GRANTED. Plaintiff's claim for breach of contract is DISMISSED with prejudice.”
“Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED IN PART. All of Plaintiff's claims under the ADA and LEDL are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
“Plaintiff's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment is DENIED AS MOOT. Defendants' affirmative defenses of failure to mitigate, estoppel and waiver, and substantial control are DISMISSED AS MOOT.”
On sua sponte examination of subject-matter jurisdiction, Milazzo remanded the case after an amendment added two non-diverse Louisiana defendants and destroyed complete diversity. Quote: 'the Court finds that it lacks subject-matter jurisdiction. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the above-captioned matter is REMANDED to the 24th Judicial District Court for the Parish of Jefferson.'
“Defendant's Motion is GRANTED and Plaintiff's claims are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
“Defendants' motions to dismiss are GRANTED. Plaintiff's claims in all consolidated cases are DISMISSED.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs' Motion is DENIED.”
“the Motion is DENIED IN PART and GRANTED IN PART. The Motion is DENIED with respect to Counts I (Strict Products Liability Failure to Warn) and II (Negligence). ... the Motion is GRANTED with respect to Counts III (Negligent Misrepresentation), IV (Fraudulent Misrepresentation), and V (Fraudulent Concealment).”
“For the foregoing reasons, Defendant's Motion to Dismiss is DENIED.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Motion is DENIED.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the Motion is DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median motion-to-ruling time: 7.5 days (N = 12).
The selected 2014 dockets include habeas petitions, Social Security appeals, an insurance stay, and civil disputes. The separately enumerated 2020-2023 cases include criminal matters, prisoner suits, and first-party insurance cases. These examples describe the selected cases and do not measure the overall caseload mix.
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 | 650 |
| Report | Motions over six months | Cases over three years |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 650 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 3,374 |
| Mar 2025 | 4 | 6,599 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 9,314 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 9,495 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 10,029 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 10,468 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 9,812 |
| Mar 2022 | 1 | 10,098 |
| Sep 2021 | 1 | 8,273 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 6,996 |
| Sep 2020 | 16 | 2,103 |
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 Milazzo: 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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