United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
45 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
Tucker Lee MelançonSenior status
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Earl Ernest VeronRetired 1990
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
John Malach ShawRetired 1999
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Dee Dodson DrellSenior status
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Joseph H.L. Perez-Montes
Magistrate judge
Kayla D. McClusky
Magistrate judge
Mark L. Hornsby
Magistrate judge
Pamela A. TynesRetired 2001
Magistrate judge
Nauman Steele ScottRetired 2001
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Frank Alan Little, Jr.Retired 2006
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Alexander BoarmanRetired 1916
District judge, appointed by James A. Garfield (Republican)
George Whitfield JackRetired 1924
District judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
David J. Ayo
Magistrate judge
Jerry Edwards Jr.
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Richard Johnson PutnamRetired 2002
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Gaston Louis Noel PorterieRetired 1953
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Benjamin Cornwell Dawkins Sr.Retired 1966
District judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Benjamin Cornwell Dawkins Jr.Retired 1984
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Thomas E. Stagg Jr.Retired 2015
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
William Eugene DavisRetired 1983
District judge, appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)
David Cleveland Joseph
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
James D. KirkRetired 2015
Magistrate judge
Karen L. HayesRetired 2021
Magistrate judge
John Malcolm Duhé Jr.Retired 1988
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Alonzo P. WilsonRetired 2007
Magistrate judge
Terry Alvin Doughty
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Donald Ellsworth WalterSenior status
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Richard T. Haik, Sr.Retired 2016
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Edwin Ford Hunter, Jr.Retired 2002
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
C. Michael HillRetired 2015
Magistrate judge
James T. Trimble, Jr.Retired 2018
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Robert Gillespie JamesSenior status
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Mildred E. MethvinRetired 2009
Magistrate judge
Thomas P. LeBlanc
Magistrate judge
Carol B. Whitehurst
Magistrate judge
Kathleen KayNo longer serving
Magistrate judge
Samuel Hadden HarperRetired 1837
District judge, appointed by Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
John F. SimonRetired 1997
Magistrate judge
Robert Rees Summerhays
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
James David Cain Jr.
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Patricia Head MinaldiRetired 2017
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Rebecca F. DohertyRetired 2020
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Elizabeth Erny FooteSenior status
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Patrick J. HannaRetired 2022
Magistrate judge
Samuel Maurice Hicks Jr.
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)