Who appointed S. Maurice Hicks Jr.?

President George W. Bush appointed S. Maurice Hicks Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in 2003.

Was S. Maurice Hicks Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

S. Maurice Hicks Jr. was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was S. Maurice Hicks Jr.'s confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed S. Maurice Hicks Jr. 86–0 on May 19, 2003.

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S. Maurice Hicks Jr.

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and confirmed by the Senate 86–0, S. Maurice Hicks Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. He earned a law degree from Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center) in 1977. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1952 · age 74
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2003
Confirmed: 86–0
Education: Texas Christian 1974 · Louisiana State Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center) 1977
Succeeded: Donald Ellsworth Walter

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	Western District of Louisiana succeeded Donald Ellsworth Walter	G.W. Bush (R)	86–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 86–0 on May 19, 2003 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 184. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 86

40 D, 45 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 14

8 D, 6 R

Education

Texas Christian University	B.A.	1974
Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center)	J.D.	1977

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hicks was assigned 3,840 district-court cases (1964–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 252 days across 3,382 closed cases.

Other civil matters30%

Prisoner & habeas23%

Personal-injury torts14%

Civil rights10%

Contract7%

Other federal statutes3%

Other13%

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 456 of Hicks’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 327 were affirmed, 19 reversed or vacated, and 110 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, Hicks authored 27 published opinions for the court (2003–2011). Most cited: Mayes v. Office Depot, Inc. (14 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
2003	Mayes v. Office Depot, Inc.	292 F. Supp. 2d 878	14
2009	Thomas v. Pride Oil & Gas Properties, Inc.	633 F. Supp. 2d 238	7
2007	Lester v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs	514 F. Supp. 2d 866	6
2006	Deaville v. Capital One Bank	425 F. Supp. 2d 744	6
2005	Ports v. Circle K Stores, Inc.	395 F. Supp. 2d 442	5
2011	City of Alexandria v. Federal Emergency Management Agency	781 F. Supp. 2d 340	4
2010	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. IESI Louisiana Corp.	720 F. Supp. 2d 750	4
2010	Cargo v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.	408 B.R. 631	4
2007	Price v. Roadhouse Grill, Inc.	512 F. Supp. 2d 511	4
2011	Alyce Gaines Johnson Special Trust v. El Paso E & P Co.	773 F. Supp. 2d 640	3
2010	Hillman Lumber Products, Inc. v. Webster Manufacturing, Inc.	727 F. Supp. 2d 503	3
2009	Golla v. City of Bossier City	687 F. Supp. 2d 645	3
2011	Salard v. Salard	781 F. Supp. 2d 363	2
2010	Regan v. STARCRAFT MARINE LLC	719 F. Supp. 2d 690	2
2008	McKinley v. HARVEY TOYOTA OF BOSSIER CITY, INC.	572 F. Supp. 2d 673	2

Showing the 15 most-cited of 27 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 S. Maurice Hicks Jr.?: President George W. Bush appointed S. Maurice Hicks Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in 2003.
Was S. Maurice Hicks Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: S. Maurice Hicks Jr. was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was S. Maurice Hicks Jr.'s confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed S. Maurice Hicks Jr. 86–0 on May 19, 2003.
Which court is S. Maurice Hicks Jr. on?: S. Maurice Hicks Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

Sources

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