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Summerhays became a judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana in 2006 and served on that court until becoming a district judge. He was chief judge of that court from 2009 to 2017. [1] On January 23, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Summerhays to an undetermined seat on the ...
The bankruptcy judges in each judicial district in regular active service constitute a "unit" of the applicable United States district court (see 28 U.S.C. § 151). The bankruptcy judge is appointed for a renewable term of 14 years by the United States Court of Appeals for the circuit in which the applicable district is located (see 28 U.S.C ...
The United States Court for the Middle District of Louisiana (in case citations, M.D. La.) comprises the parishes of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana. Court is held at the Russell B. Long United States Courthouse in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [1]
Map of the boundaries of the 94 United States District Courts. The district courts were established by Congress under Article III of the United States Constitution. The courts hear civil and criminal cases, and each is paired with a bankruptcy court. [2] Appeals from the district courts are made to one of the 13 courts of appeals, organized ...
A bankruptcy judge in the United States is a federal judicial officer who presides over a bankruptcy court. Bankruptcy judges are officers of the district court in which their bankruptcy court is located, but do not have the full power of district court judges. [1] As of 2023, there were 298 bankruptcy judges in authorized positions along with ...
From 1994 to 1995, Papillion served as a law clerk for Associate Justice Catherine D. Kimball of the Louisiana Supreme Court.From 1995 to 1999, he was an associate at McGlinchey Stafford A.P.L.C. and from 1999 to 2001, he was an associate at Moore, Walters & Thompson, A.P.L.C.
District Judge Robert R. Summerhays: Lafayette: 1965 2018–present — — Trump: 34 District Judge James D. Cain Jr. Lake Charles: 1964 2019–present — — Trump: 35 District Judge David C. Joseph: Lafayette: 1977 2020–present — — Trump: 36 District Judge Jerry Edwards Jr. Alexandria: 1979 2023–present — — Biden: 37 District ...
On June 8, 1994, President Bill Clinton nominated Vance to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana vacated by Judge Henry Mentz who assumed senior status on July 1, 1992. Vance was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 28, 1994, and received her commission on September 29, 1994. She served ...