Ivan L. R. Lemelle | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | |
| Assumed office June 29, 2015 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | |
| In office April 7,1998 –June 29,2015 | |
| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Veronica D. Wicker |
| Succeeded by | Barry Ashe |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | |
| In office 1984–1998 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1950 (age 75–76) Opelousas,Louisiana,U.S. |
| Education | Xavier University of Louisiana (BS) Loyola University New Orleans (JD) |
Ivan L. R. Lemelle (born 1950) [1] is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Born in Opelousas,Louisiana,Lemelle received a Bachelor of Science degree from Xavier University of Louisiana in 1971 and a Juris Doctor from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law in 1974. He was a law clerk for Robert Collins of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court from 1972 to 1974. [2]
Lemelle was an assistant district attorney of Orleans Parish from 1974 to 1977. He was in private practice in New Orleans from 1977 to 1981. He was an assistant city attorney of New Orleans from 1977 to 1978. He was an assistant state attorney general of Louisiana Department of Justice from 1980 to 1984. [2]
Lemelle served as United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1984 to 1998.
On February 12,1997,Lemelle was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana vacated by Judge Veronica D. Wicker. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 3,1998,and received his commission on April 7,1998. He assumed senior status on June 29,2015. [2]
In November 2020,it was proposed by the New Orleans City Council Street Renaming Commission that Capdevielle Street (named after Paul Capdevielle,a Confederate hero and former mayor) be renamed for Lemelle. He was the only living person proposed for such an honor. The decision process was ongoing as of February 2021. [7]
Lemelle is Catholic,raised in Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Opelousas,the largest Black Catholic church in the country. [8]