Richard T. Haik, Sr.
How Judge Haik rules, drawn from 7 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Haik no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Haik
Richard T. Haik was a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Appointed by President George H.W. Bush, Judge Haik received a commission on May 30, 1991. Judge Haik assumed senior status on March 6, 2015 and retired on January 15, 2016.
How Judge Haik decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In the Bulls' flood-policy case, Haik found that Allstate failed to give written notice and an opportunity to address duplicate coverage before canceling the policy. He granted the policyholders' summary-judgment motion and denied Allstate's cross-motion.
“Allstate erred by failing to afford the Bulls the opportunity to utilize Section U(l)(a) or U(l)(b) of the 2435 Egret Street SFIP.”
Procedural preferences
In Sons, Haik dismissed state-law claims concerning a premarket-approved pacemaker because the claims sought requirements different from or additional to federal requirements.
“the Court will grant Medtronic’s Motion To Dismiss Supplemental Complaint.”
In Marceaux, Haik adopted the magistrate judge's recommendation after reviewing objections, granting defendants' dismissal motion in part and denying it in other respects.
“After an independent review of the record, including the Objections and Reply to Objections, this Court concludes that the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge is correct and adopts the findings and conclusions therein as its own.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.”
“Defendant Allstate’s Cross Motion for Summary is DENIED and Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.”
“For the reasons which follow, the Court will grant Medtronic's Motion To Dismiss Supplemental Complaint.”
“The defendants' motion is GRANTED with regard to all of plaintiffs' claims for injunctive relief, section 1985 conspiracy claims, state-law claims, claims predicated upon alleged violations of the Fourth Amendment, and claims predicated upon alleged violations of their due process and equal protection rights ... 5. The defendants motion is DENIED in all other respects.”
“For the reasons that follow, the judgment of the Bankruptcy Court will be affirmed.”
“For the reasons set forth above, the Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment is GRANTED.”
“This court denies summary judgment as to all of the 'economic loss' claimants in the instant proceeding.”
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the Motions are DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 632 days (N = 10).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 101 days (N = 14).
- As an active Lafayette-Opelousas district judge (1991-2015, Chief Judge 2002-2009), Haik carried a general civil and criminal docket, maritime and motor-vehicle personal injury, products liability, insurance, employment civil-rights, Social Security appeals, bankruptcy appeals and habeas petitions, referring pretrial and recommendation work to the division's magistrate judges.
- The 10 cases timed below are 2008-filed substantive civil cases for which the record carries filing and termination dates; they are a single-filing-year slice, not a random caseload median.
A historical record
Judge Haik no longer sits on this court. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.