Susie Morgan | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | |
Assumed office March 30, 2012 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Thomas Porteous |
Personal details | |
Born | Winnsboro, Louisiana, U.S. | April 22, 1953
Education |
University of Louisiana at Monroe (
BA,
MA) Louisiana State University ( JD) |
Donna Sue "Susie" Morgan, known professionally as Susie Morgan, formerly known as Donna Sue Beach & Donna Sue Leteff, (born April 22, 1953) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Born in Winnsboro, Louisiana, Morgan earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1974 from Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe, Louisiana, and her Master of Arts in 1976. She obtained a Juris Doctor; Order of the Coif in 1980 from the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center. [1] [2]
Morgan first served from 1980 to 1981 as a law clerk to Judge Henry Anthony Politz of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. [3] Morgan joined the Shreveport firm of Wiener, Weiss and Madison in 1981, where she started as an associate and became a partner in 1985. She worked with them for more than 24 years. [3]
She practiced in the New Orleans office of the Phelps Dunbar law firm from 2005 to 2012, becoming partner in 2009. [4] [2]
On June 7, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Morgan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana that had been vacated by Judge Thomas Porteous' impeachment. [5] On November 10, 2011, the Senate Judiciary Committee reported her nomination to the floor of the Senate by a voice vote. [6] On March 28, 2012, her nomination was confirmed by a 96–1 vote. [7] She received her commission on March 30, 2012. [2]
Morgan has overseen the New Orleans Police Department Consent Decree since its entry in January 2013.[ citation needed] On January 31, 2019, Morgan ruled against New Orleans Saints ticket holders seeking to compel the NFL and the NFL Commissioner to enforce a rule that would alter the result of or force a replay of the 2018-2019 NFC Championship game. [8]