US · rules
W.D. La. LR 83.3.12
Weapons
No person will be admitted to or allowed to remain in the premises with any object that might be
employed as a weapon unless he or she has been authorized in writing by a judge or magistrate judge
to do so, or unless he or she is a federal law enforcement agent, a U.S. Marshal, a Federal Protective
Service Police Officer, a publicly employed law enforcement officer or a person designated by the
court to assist U.S. Marshals or Federal Protective Service Police. No person, except U.S. Marshals
and others specifically authorized by the court, may have any such object in his or her possession
while in any courtrooms, judges' chambers or magistrate judges' chambers. Federal law enforcement
officers having persons in state or federal custody in their care in the courtroom of any magistrate
judge or district judge may retain their sidearms.
Provenance
- Source
- www.lawd.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-19
- Content hash
519202e547a008f63c6e3e98bc800102af436a35627b83de33054430f9b21b01
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