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{{short description|Intermediate appellate court of Louisiana}}{{Location map many | Louisiana|caption = Court locations|label1 = Baton Rouge (1st)|label2 = Shreveport (2nd)|label3 = Lake Charles (3rd)|label4 = New Orleans (4th)|label5 = Gretna (5th)|lat5_deg = 29.9168986|lon5_deg = -90.0675636|lat4_deg = 29.9560832|lon4_deg = -90.0664425|lat3_deg = 30.224645|lon3_deg = -93.163952|lat2_deg = 32.514794|lon2_deg = -93.751279|lat1_deg = 30.4611551|lon1_deg = -91.1875966|position5 = right|width = 300|mark5 = Green pog.svg|background5 = green}}{{Politics of Louisiana}}The Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal are the intermediate appellate courts for the state of Louisiana.There are five circuits, each covering a different group of parishes.Map of judicial circuits of the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal Each circuit is subdivided into three districts.Louisiana State Judiciary homepageAs with the Louisiana Supreme Court, the regular judicial terms on the courts of appeal are ten years.The courts of appeal are housed in the following cities in Louisiana:First Circuit – Baton RougeSecond Circuit – ShreveportThird Circuit – Lake CharlesFourth Circuit – New OrleansFifth Circuit – Gretna

Jurisdiction

The Circuit Courts of Appeal have appellate jurisdiction over all civil matters, all matters appealed from family and juvenile courts, and most criminal cases that are triable by a jury. A court of appeal also has supervisory jurisdiction to review interlocutory orders and decrees in cases which are heard in the trial courts within their geographical circuits. One unique feature of the Courts of Appeal of Louisiana is that they are able to review questions of fact, as well as questions of law, in civil cases. In appeals of criminal cases, however, the appellate jurisdiction of the courts of appeal extends only to questions of law.

1st Circuit

Parishes Included:

• 1st District: Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Lafourche, Pointe Coupee, St. Mary, Terrebonne, and West Baton Rouge
• 2nd District: East Baton Rouge
• 3rd District: East Feliciana, Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington, and West Feliciana

Circuit Seat: First Circuit Courthouse (Baton Rouge){|class = "wikitable"|+ Current judges"Judges". Louisiana Court of Appeal First Circuit, 22 Nov. 2016. Accessed 2 Apr. 2017.! Title !! Name !! District !! Subdistrict !! Election section !! Division !! Party !! Term start

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2nd Circuit

Parishes Included: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, DeSoto, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Red River, Richland, Tensas, Union, Webster, West Carroll, WinnCircuit Seat: Second Circuit Courthouse (Shreveport){|class = "wikitable"|+ Current judges"Court Personnel Overview". Court of Appeal, Second Circuit State of Louisiana. Accessed 2 Apr. 2017.! Title !! Name !! District !! Election section !! Division !! Party !! Term start

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	Jeff Cox (judge)>Jeff Cox	2		C	Republican	2017

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	Jeff R. Thompson >				| 2019

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	Marcus Hunter >				| 2021

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3rd Circuit

Parishes Included: Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Catahoula, Concordia, Evangeline, Grant, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermilion, VernonCircuit Seat: Third Circuit Courthouse (Lake Charles){|class = "wikitable"|+ Current judges"Personnel Directory: Judges". State of Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal. Accessed 2 Apr. 2017.! Title !! Name !! District !! Election section !! Division !! Party !! Term start

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	Jonathan Perry (politician)>Jonathan W. Perry	3	4	F	Republican	2019

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4th Circuit

Parishes Included: Orleans, Plaquemines, St. BernardCircuit Seat: Fourth Circuit Courthouse (New Orleans){|class = "wikitable"|+ Current judges"Judicial Biography: Active Judges". State of Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit. Accessed 2 Apr. 2017.! Title !! Name !! District !! Division !! Party !! Term start

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5th Circuit

Parishes Included: Jefferson, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the BaptistCircuit Seat: Fifth Circuit Courthouse (Gretna){|class = "wikitable"|+ Current judges"Court Personnel". Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. Accessed 2 Apr. 2017.! Title !! Name !! Division !! Party !! Term start

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Judicial misconduct scandal

In May 2007, Jerrold Peterson, staff director for the court, wrote a letter alleging that, starting in 1994, criminal pro se petitions were not being reviewed by a panel of three judges as required by Louisiana law. Instead, every pro se petition received a boilerplate response. At least 5,000 petitions have been disregarded under this policy over a 12 year period. On May 21, 2007, Peterson committed suicide at the age of 55.WEB, November 4, 2023, The Scandal That Never Happened, Rubin, Anat,weblink November 23, 2023, ProPublica, November 22, 2023,weblink live,

References

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External links

• Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal homepage
• Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal homepage
• Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal homepage
• Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal homepage
• Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal homepage

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