James David Cain Jr. at a glance
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Judge · U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
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Electronic exhibits for trial only. Please see the Deputy Clerk of Court’s instructions at www.lawd.uscourts.gov (Chambers/Judge Cain/trial) as to how to properly submit electronic exhibits for trial. A real-time glossary must be submitted to lawd_realtime@lawd.uscourts.gov 14 days before trial regardless of whether you are requesting real-time reporting services .Pretrial_Statement%208.4.2025.docx ↗
Judge-specific source
8. Electronic exhibits for trial only. Please see the Deputy Clerk of Court’s instructions at www.lawd.uscourts.gov (Chambers/Judge Cain/trial) as to how to properly submit electronic exhibits for trial.Pretrial_Statement%208.4.2025.pdf ↗
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Identity source checked July 25, 2026.
Biography sources checked August 2, 2026.
Identity source · HTML · Federal Judicial Center Biographical Directory · effective June 25, 2019 · Source checked July 25, 2026
View Federal Judicial Center biography ↗Identity source · HTML · CourtListener / Free Law Project · Source checked August 2, 2026
View CourtListener judicial biographical directory ↗Judge Specific source · DOCX · U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana · Source checked July 24, 2026
View Pretrial_Statement%208.4.2025.docx ↗Judge Specific source · PDF · U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana · Source checked July 24, 2026
View Pretrial_Statement%208.4.2025.pdf ↗Courtwide source · HTML · Supreme Court of the United States and Judicial Conference of the United States · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗Courtwide source · HTML · Supreme Court of the United States and Judicial Conference of the United States · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗Identity source · HTML · CourtListener / Free Law Project · Source checked August 2, 2026
View CourtListener judicial biographical directory ↗Identity source · HTML · Wikidata · Source checked August 2, 2026
View Wikidata: James D. Cain Jr. ↗Biography source · HTML · knowjudges.com · Source checked October 2, 2026
View Supplied Louisiana biography research ↗Biography source · HTML · www.fjc.gov · Source checked October 2, 2026
View Supplied Louisiana biography research ↗Biography source · HTML · www.judiciary.senate.gov · Source checked October 2, 2026
View Supplied Louisiana biography research ↗Biography source · HTML · en.wikipedia.org · Source checked October 2, 2026
View Supplied Louisiana biography research ↗Biography source · HTML · www.non-stop.kr · Source checked October 2, 2026
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