Lance M. Africk

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana district Senior status Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican) 14 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

Louisiana Children's Medical Center v. Attorney General of the United States (FTC)
2:23-cv-01305-LMA-MBN · 2023-09-27
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that the Hospitals' motion for summary judgment is GRANTED and the FTC's claims against the Hospitals are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the State's motion for summary judgment is GRANTED, and the State's motion for judgment on the pleadings is DISMISSED AS MOOT.”

Judgment on pleadings (defendant) Moot / procedural

“the State's motion for judgment on the pleadings is DISMISSED AS MOOT.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the FTC's motion for summary judgment is DENIED.”

Alizadeh v. BP Exploration & Production, Inc., et al.
2:22-cv-03159-LMA-MBN · 2023-07-17
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that the motion for summary judgment is GRANTED and Alizadeh's claims are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”

Horizon River Restaurants LLC v. French Quarter Hotel Operator, LLC
2:22-cv-03955-LMA-MBN · 2023-03-02
Motions to dismiss (plaintiff) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that Horizon's motion to dismiss is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Horizon may reurge this motion once an amended counterclaim has been filed or may file a motion for summary judgment when the record has become more developed.”

Jones v. Colvin (Acting Commissioner of Social Security)
2:15-cv-06381-LMA · 2016-10-13
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that defendant's motion to dismiss is GRANTED and plaintiff's complaint is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”

Lee v. Learfield Communications, LLC
2:20-cv-00839-LMA-KWR · 2020-11-17
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(7) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Fobb and Collection's motion to dismiss is GRANTED and that the claims against Fobb and Collection in the above-captioned case are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”

Cambre v. Riverlands Home Group, L.L.C.
2:22-cv-01517-LMA-DPC · 2022-06-27
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that Cambre's motion to remand is GRANTED. The above-captioned matter is REMANDED to the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court for the Parish of St. James, State of Louisiana.”

Attorney fees (plaintiff) Denied

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Cambre's request for attorney's fees and costs is DENIED.”

Green Coast Enterprises, LLC v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's
2:22-cv-00973-LMA-KWR · 2022-06-21
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that Green Coast's motion to remand is DENIED.”

Cedar Ridge, LLC v. Landmark American Insurance Co.
2:13-cv-00672-LMA-KWR · 2014-03-07
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that defendants' motion for partial summary judgment is DENIED.”

Biyiklioglu v. St. Tammany Parish Jail
2:14-cv-01684-LMA-DEK · 2016-01-13
Motion for reconsideration (plaintiff) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that the motion to vacate or for reconsideration is DENIED.”

Washington v. Smith
2:22-cv-00632-LMA-MBN · 2023-09-08
Scheduling order amendment (defendant) Granted in part

“IT IS ORDERED that the motion to amend the scheduling order is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.”

In re Aries Marine Corporation
2:19-cv-10850-BSL-MBN · 2023-02-07
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that Fieldwood's motion for summary judgment is DENIED.”

Chester v. Sunbelt Rentals Scaffold Services, LLC
2:25-cv-01138-LMA-JVM · 2025-07-31
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff's motion to remand is DENIED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median motion-to-ruling time: 35 days (N = 1).

From the enumerated 2024 cases plus the targeted lookup: a broad New Orleans civil/criminal docket -- maritime/marine personal injury (Jones Act, 28:1333/28:1332), product-liability diversity (Zimmer Biomet), motor-vehicle and insurance diversity suits (National Interstate, Nautilus), Section 1983 civil-rights and prisoner civil-rights suits, Section 2254 state habeas, retail premises injury (Old Navy), Deepwater Horizon BELO toxic-tort, and criminal matters. NOS examples captured below.

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