--- title: "Kayla D. Mcclusky | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kayla-d-mcclusky-louisiana-us-magistrate" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Kayla D. Mcclusky U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana · U.S. Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana - State: Louisiana - Role: U.S. Magistrate Judge - Service status: recalled - Last verified: 2026-07-29 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - It also lists her as a clerk at the Western District of Louisiana from September 2003 to present, and as a magistrate judge beginning February 21, 2021 - Law Clerk, District Court, W.D. Louisiana, LA, 2003-present - Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana - from 2020 - U.S. Courts official profile: Magistrate Judge Kayla D. McClusky Western District of Louisiana - The Western District of Louisiana identifies Kayla D. McClusky as a U.S. Magistrate Judge ### Education - summa cum laude — The University of Tennessee-Knoxville — 1998 - magna cum laude — Louisiana Tech University — 1995 - magna cum laude — Louisiana Tech University — 1992 ### Additional information - active as of 2024-2026. - The U.S. Courts judicial milestones page records her appointment on February 22, 2021. - Initial financial disclosure 05/07/2021 shows Nomination Date 01/01/2020 as full-time magistrate judge. - Monroe Division. - As a magistrate judge, McClusky handles a broad range of civil and criminal matters, including pretrial proceedings, certain civil trials (with party consent), and prisoner civil rights hearings. ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide 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. Evidence excerpt: 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](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: 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](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=41) - [Official roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=41) - [U.S. Courts judicial profile or roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=41) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15381/kayla-dye-may-mcclusky/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15381/kayla-dye-may-mcclusky/) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kayla-d-mcclusky-louisiana-us-magistrate) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://www.lawd.uscourts.gov/sites/lawd/files/UPLOADS/CLE_Invitation_10-28-25.pdf) - [Supplied Louisiana biography research](https://storage.courtlistener.com/financial-disclosures/2020/McClusky-KD.%20M.%2005.%20LAW%20Ini_Resp_SR_20.pdf) - [www.lawd.uscourts.gov](https://www.lawd.uscourts.gov/content/magistrate-judge-kayla-d-mcclusky) - [www.uscourts.gov](https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/about-federal-judges/judicial-milestones/kayla-dye-mcclusky) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15381/kayla-dye-may-mcclusky/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kayla-d-mcclusky-louisiana-us-magistrate", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kayla-d-mcclusky-louisiana-us-magistrate", "name": "Kayla D. 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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](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.