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The Court has amended its Local Civil Rules to add Rule 83.5.1, which provides for a 21-day stay of any order transferring a case to a district court outside the Fifth Circuit in certain circumstances. The amendment is effective February 4, 2025. Here is the full text of the amendment:
LOCAL CIVIL RULE 83.5.1
TRANSFER ORDERS
Unless all affected parties consent to the transfer, an order that transfers a case to a district court outside the Fifth Circuit is stayed for 21 days from the date the order is entered on the docket. This rule does not apply to transfer orders of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.
The Court’s order amending the Local Civil Rules can be found here.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana held a naturalization ceremony in which 24 petitioners became United States citizens. The Honorable Darrel J. Papillion, U.S. District Judge, presided over the January 28 ceremony. He welcomed and congratulated the petitioners and then invited everyone to stand for the playing of the National Anthem by the Marine Forces Reserve Band and the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance, led by representatives from the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Judge Papillion then invited keynote speakers Mr. David Abboud Thomas and Dr. Najeeb M. Thomas to provide remarks. The two brothers spoke of their experiences as grandchildren of Lebanese immigrants. David reflected lovingly on his grandmother’s American pride, while Dr. Thomas admired his grandparents’ brave journey to the U.S. to escape hardships and give their family more opportunities. “The U.S. is a patchwork quilt, stitched together by immigrant hands,” Dr. Thomas said.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Renee Goudeau then issued the statement of petitioners’ eligibility for citizenship and presented petitioners’ requests for name change. After granting the...
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In honor of African American History Month, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana presents a virtual tour and engagement with the exhibit “Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration,” now on view at the Historic New Orleans Collection. Wednesday, February 12 from noon-1 pm, in Courtroom 501 and by Zoom. There is no charge for this 1-hour CLE with lunch provided to in-person attendees, but advance registration is required at https://forms.office.com/g/y28G0Exum2. Please see the Eastern District of Louisiana website, www.laed.uscourts.gov, for additional information and for updates. Special thanks to the Historic New Orleans Collection and to our co-sponsors: the New Orleans Bar Association, the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, the Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society,...
more »On November 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association presented the 33rd Annual Judge Alvin B. Rubin Symposium to a packed en banc courtroom, with many more joining via Zoom. As with the James Meredith case reenacted last year, the historic courtroom reenactment selected for this year’s Rubin Symposium—Vietnamese Fishermen vs. The Ku Klux Klan—also had strong ties to the geographic footprint of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, where Judge Rubin served with distinction for over a decade. The all-star cast featured Judge Darrel J. Papillion as plaintiffs’ attorney Morris Dees and Federal Public Defender Claude Kelly as antagonist Louis Beam...
more »The New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, along with the Family and Friends of the Honorable Helen “Ginger” Berrigan, will celebrate her life and legacy on Thursday, January 16, 2025, at 4:00 p.m., in the United States District Courthouse, 500 Poydras Street, Courtroom C-501, New Orleans, Louisiana. The public is invited to attend.
The court will be closed Thursday, January 9, 2025, in observance of the National Day of Mourning in memory of former President Carter.