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James David Cain, Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Active service.
Confirmed 77 to 21Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- January 23, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 7, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 77 to 21
- Confirmed
- June 19, 2019
- Commissioned
- June 25, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1964, 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.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Henry Yelverton, Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Judicial Circuit, 1993-1994
- Private practice, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1994-2019
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