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Donald Ellsworth Walter
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Senior status since November 30, 2001.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- May 15, 1985
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 19, 1985
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 20, 1985
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- July 10, 1985
- Commissioned
- July 11, 1985
- Senior status
- Since November 30, 2001
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1936, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- U.S. Army, 1957-1958
- Private practice, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1964-1969
- U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1969-1977
- Private practice, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1978-1985
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