Who appointed Ivan L. R. Lemelle?

President William J. Clinton appointed Ivan L. R. Lemelle to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1998.

Was Ivan L. R. Lemelle appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Ivan L. R. Lemelle was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Ivan L. R. Lemelle's confirmation vote?

Ivan L. R. Lemelle was confirmed by voice vote on April 3, 1998. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Louisiana / Appointed 1998 / Senior status since 2015

Ivan L. R. Lemelle

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1998 and confirmed by voice vote, Ivan L. R. Lemelle is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He earned a law degree from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1950 · age 76
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1998
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Xavier of Louisiana 1971 · Loyola New Orleans Law 1974
Succeeded: Veronica DiCarlo Wicker
Succeeded by: Barry Weldon Ashe

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1998	Eastern District of Louisiana succeeded Veronica DiCarlo Wicker	Clinton (D)	Voice vote

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

Xavier University of Louisiana	B.S.	1971
Loyola University New Orleans School of Law	J.D.	1974

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Lemelle was assigned 6,555 district-court cases (1971–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 288 days across 6,413 closed cases.

Contract30%

Personal-injury torts25%

Other civil matters13%

Prisoner & habeas9%

Civil rights8%

Other federal statutes3%

Other12%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

On appeal

Of 256 of Lemelle’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 174 were affirmed, 45 reversed or vacated, and 37 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, Lemelle authored 32 published opinions for the court (1999–2011). Most cited: McCarthy v. Danek Medical, Inc. (31 citations).

A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Recent & notable rulings

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1999	McCarthy v. Danek Medical, Inc.	65 F. Supp. 2d 410	31
2011	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Resources for Human Development, Inc.	827 F. Supp. 2d 688	22
2009	Gabarick v. Laurin Maritime (America) Inc.	623 F. Supp. 2d 741	9
2008	Belmont Commons, L.L.C. v. Axis Surplus Insurance	569 F. Supp. 2d 637	7
2008	ABLE SECURITY AND PATROL, LLC. v. Louisiana	569 F. Supp. 2d 617	7
2007	Zapata v. Cain	614 F. Supp. 2d 714	7
2003	Delta Commercial Fisheries Ass'n v. Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council	259 F. Supp. 2d 511	5
2004	Christopher Cross, Inc. v. United States	363 F. Supp. 2d 855	4
2011	Miles Ex Rel. Miles v. Vt Halter Marine, Inc.	792 F. Supp. 2d 919	3
2009	Banks v. City of New Orleans	628 F. Supp. 2d 686	3
2009	Sullivan v. Monsanto Co.	615 F. Supp. 2d 469	3
2011	Dennis v. Fluid Crane & Construction, Inc.	823 F. Supp. 2d 415	2
2011	Stabler v. United States	786 F. Supp. 2d 1161	2
2011	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Boh Bros. Construction Co.	768 F. Supp. 2d 883	2
2009	Gulf Production Co. v. Hoover Oilfield Supply, Inc.	672 F. Supp. 2d 752	2

Showing the 15 most-cited of 32 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Ivan L. R. Lemelle?: President William J. Clinton appointed Ivan L. R. Lemelle to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1998.
Was Ivan L. R. Lemelle appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Ivan L. R. Lemelle was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Ivan L. R. Lemelle's confirmation vote?: Ivan L. R. Lemelle was confirmed by voice vote on April 3, 1998. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Ivan L. R. Lemelle on?: Ivan L. R. Lemelle is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Sources

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28 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).