United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana is a Federal Court of the 5th Circuit with courts in Alexandria, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe and Shreveport. These cities comprise the Western District of Louisiana.

The parishes that fall under the jurisdiction of this district are as follows:

Acadia Parish, Louisiana; Allen Parish, Louisiana; Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana; Beauregard Parish, Louisiana; Bienville Parish, Louisiana; Bossier Parish, Louisiana; Caddo Parish, Louisiana; Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Caldwell Parish, Louisiana; Cameron Parish, Louisiana; Catahoula Parish, Louisiana; Claiborne Parish, Louisiana; Concordia Parish, Louisiana; Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana; De Soto Parish, Louisiana; East Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, Franklin Parish, Louisiana, Grant Parish, Louisiana, Iberia Parish, Louisiana, Jackson Parish, Louisiana, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, La Salle Parish, Louisiana, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, Madison Parish, Louisiana, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, Red River Parish, Louisiana, Richland Parish, Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana, Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana, Tensas Parish, Louisiana, Union Parish, Louisiana, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, Webster Parish, Louisiana, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, and Winn Parish, Louisiana.

U.S. Attorneys

[http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/law/aboutus/history.html]

A partial list of United States attorneys, including some serving when Louisiana was a territory prior to becoming a state, is as follows:

* James Brown - Appointed by President Thomas Jefferson in 1805
* James R. Grymes - Appointed by President James Madison in 1811
* John Dick - 1815
* Henry Boyce - Appointed by President Zachary Taylor in March 1849
* Lawrence P. Chain
* George W. Jack - Appointed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913
* Donald W. Washington - Appointed by President George W. Bush in September 2001

U.S. District Judges

* Henry Boyce - Appointed in June 1849 by President Zachary Taylor
* Alexander Boarman - Appointed in 1881 by President James A. Garfield
* George W. Jack - Appointed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1917
* Benjamin C. Dawkins, Sr. - Appointed by President Calvin Coolidge in 1924
* Benjamin C. Dawkins, Jr. - Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953
* Thomas E. Stagg, Jr. - Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1973
* Tucker L. Melancon - Appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1993
* Patricia Minaldi
* Richard T. Haik
* Rebecca Doherty
* Dee D. Drell
* S. Maurice Hicks, Jr.

See also

* United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
* United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
* United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

External links

* [http://www.lawd.uscourts.gov/index.html U.S. District Court for the Western District of LA]
* [http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/law/index.html U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of LA]