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U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana: Judges
Number of judges: 36
Dick, John (1823-1824)
Robertson, Thomas Bolling (1824-1828)
Harper, Samuel Hadden (1829-1837)
Lawrence, Philip Kissick (1837-1841)
McCaleb, Theodore Howard (1841-1845)
Boyce, Henry (1849-1861)
Boarman, Alexander (1881-1916)
Jack, George Whitfield (1917-1924)
Dawkins, Benjamin Cornwell, Sr. (1924-1966)
Porterie, Gaston Louis Noel (1939-1953)
Dawkins, Benjamin Cornwell, Jr. (1953-1984)
Hunter, Edwin Ford, Jr. (1953-2002)
Putnam, Richard Johnson (1961-2002)
Scott, Nauman Steele (1970-2001)
Stagg, Thomas E., Jr. (1974-2015)
Davis, W. Eugene (1976-1983)
Veron, Earl Ernest (1977-1990)
Shaw, John Malach (1979-1999)
Duhe, John Malcolm, Jr. (1984-1988)
Little, F. A., Jr. (1984-2006)
Walter, Donald Ellsworth (1985-present)
Haik, Richard T. (1991-2016)
Trimble, James Travis, Jr. (1991-present)
Doherty, Rebecca F. (1991-2020)
Melancon, Tucker L. (1994-present)
James, Robert Gillespie (1998-present)
Drell, Dee D. (2003-present)
Minaldi, Patricia Head (2003-2018)
Hicks, S. Maurice, Jr. (2003-present)
Foote, Elizabeth Erny (2010-present)
Doughty, Terry Alvin (2018-present)
Summerhays, Robert Rees (2018-present)
Juneau, Michael Joseph (2018-2023)
Cain, James David, Jr. (2019-present)
Joseph, David Cleveland (2020-present)
Edwards, Jerry, Jr. (2023-present)