East Feliciana Court Dockets
A docket is the court's schedule, event list, or case index for a matter. In East Feliciana Parish, the Clerk's court page explains that each lawsuit, succession, and criminal matter is entered on a docket, assigned a number, and indexed for reference. The daily public docket channel is narrower. It gives date-based hearing information and visible row details, not every paper filed in the case.
The Clerk civil court dates page is the local entry point for daily docket information. A sample daily docket page for April 8, 2026 showed a judge, date, clerk, reporter, bailiff, case number, plaintiff, plaintiff attorney, defendant, defendant attorney, action, and disposition column. That makes it useful for checking a hearing setting or reading a row after a court date. It should not be treated as a complete evidence file, judgment packet, or transcript.
The image below comes from Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure expungement form materials, which are relevant when docket visibility changes after a criminal expungement order.
Find East Feliciana Court Dockets
Start with the Clerk's docket date path when looking for a civil hearing calendar. If the date page is blank, unavailable, or not the correct case type, the next step is to contact the East Feliciana Parish Clerk of Court. The research did not find a universal public docket search that exposes every local civil, criminal, family, probate, traffic, and lower-court docket in one free search form.
- Identify the court level. District-court civil, family, probate, criminal, and traffic files route through the Clerk, while some Clinton town tickets use town channels.
- Use the Clerk's civil court dates/daily docket path for date-based docket pages.
- Search by the date when the hearing is expected, then review judge, staff, party, action, and disposition fields.
- If no row appears, contact the Clerk with party names, case number, case type, and expected hearing date.
- For full pleadings, orders, judgments, or certified copies, request the case file rather than relying on a docket row.
The Title 9 image below comes from Louisiana Title 9 marriage-license law materials, which matter because family and marriage-related disputes may appear in district-court files rather than a marriage-license page.
East Feliciana Docket Row Fields
The sample East Feliciana daily civil docket is the clearest field inventory found in the research. It is a public web page, not a login-only case-management screen. A docket row can help a person confirm the court date, the parties, the lawyers, the type of setting, and whether a disposition was entered. It does not show Social Security numbers, dates of birth, full addresses, financial account data, or minor details.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Judge | The judge assigned to the daily docket page; the sample showed Judge Kathryn E. Jones. |
| Date | The docket date, also reflected in the URL date parameter. |
| Clerk | The Clerk shown on the docket page; the sample named David Dart. |
| Reporter and bailiff | Court staff for the setting; the sample listed Miranda Bourgoyne and Terry Dunn. |
| Case number | The row number or case number, such as the five-digit numeric format shown in the sample. |
| Party columns | Plaintiff, plaintiff attorney, defendant, and defendant attorney columns. |
| Action | The event set for the row, such as trial. |
| Disp | The disposition field, which may be blank before the result is entered. |
| Download File | A link present on the sample result, separate from a full case-file request. |
The divorce grounds image below comes from Louisiana Civil Code article 103, a reminder that family dockets are part of court case work, not just vital records.
East Feliciana Court Schedule Sources
East Feliciana Parish is part of the 20th Judicial District Court with West Feliciana Parish. The district court has original jurisdiction over civil and criminal matters in both parishes and has two elected judges, Division A and Division B. The official 20th JDC local rules appendix gives an unusually specific local civil schedule: East Feliciana civil matters sit Division A in the first and third week of each month and Division B in the second and fourth week. Mondays are civil rule days, and Wednesdays or Thursdays may be civil days for assigned matters.
Lower-court and town-ticket matters may not appear in the same daily district-court docket path. Clinton Mayor's Court or town ticket issues can use Town Hall, Clinton Police, and QuickCourt channels when the ticket is payable there. Justice-of-the-peace matters are ward-level lower civil matters. Federal dockets are not parish dockets and use PACER, Middle District CM/ECF, or limited free alternatives.
- 20th Judicial District Court: main East Feliciana Parish trial court for civil and criminal matters.
- Clerk daily civil docket: public date-based civil docket page when available.
- Clerk case file: source for full pleadings, minutes, orders, judgments, and certified copies.
- Clinton town ticket channels: local police and mayor's-court style ticket payment records.
- Federal courts: separate PACER and CM/ECF systems for federal civil, criminal, and bankruptcy dockets.
Note: A blank date page should be verified with the Clerk before assuming a hearing was canceled.
The article 103.1 image below comes from Louisiana Civil Code article 103.1, which supports the divorce timing framework behind some family docket settings.
Dockets vs East Feliciana Case Files
A docket row is a pointer. A case file is the record set. The docket can show that a trial, rule, motion, arraignment, plea, sentencing, or judgment event was set or entered. The full case record can include petitions, answers, exceptions, indictments, bills of information, subpoenas, minute entries, orders, judgments, and certified copies. For broad case-file access, use East Feliciana Parish court records rather than a daily docket page alone.
| Comparison Point | Docket | Full Case Record |
|---|---|---|
| Core purpose | Shows scheduled or entered court events. | Holds filed papers, minutes, orders, and judgments. |
| Common fields | Date, judge, parties, attorneys, action, disposition. | All public pleadings and court documents in the file. |
| Best use | Confirm a setting or read a visible case row. | Review the legal record or request certified copies. |
| Access route | Daily docket page or Clerk confirmation. | Clerk inspection, online database where available, email, mail, or fax. |
| Limits | May omit documents, details, and restricted information. | May require fees, redactions, or a petition for sealed material. |
The contraband statute image below comes from La. R.S. 14:402, cited by the Sheriff's prison page and relevant when criminal docket events lead to custody rules.
Read East Feliciana Dockets
Read a docket row from left to right, then confirm anything that affects court attendance, fines, warrants, or copies with the office that owns the record. A plaintiff is the party who filed a civil case. A defendant is the party sued in civil court or charged in criminal court. A motion is a written request asking the judge for an order. A rule is a Louisiana-style request or order setting a matter for hearing. A disposition is the result or outcome field, and a minute entry is the brief official summary of what happened in court.
If the docket references a judgment, the 20th JDC FAQ says judgment copies are picked up from the Clerk in the parish where the case was heard. If the need is a transcript, the route is the court reporter at the office of the judge who handled the case, and a transcript fee applies. That distinction keeps docket users from asking the wrong counter for a product the Clerk may not issue in the same way as a plain file copy.
For East Feliciana Parish court dockets tied to attendance, allow time to verify the location and office before the hearing date. The courthouse, Clerk, Sheriff, District Attorney, public defender, and Division A court office are clustered in Clinton, but they are not the same counter. The 20th JDC FAQ places the Clerk across the street from the courthouse and says some fine or fee payments go to the Clerk while others go to the Sheriff. That matters when a docket row leads to a payment, judgment copy, warrant question, subpoena issue, or transcript request. If the row is tied to a criminal, traffic, or family matter, ask whether the hearing is public, whether a party must appear in person, and whether the record has restricted fields. A docket can tell a reader that an event exists. It does not replace the court's live instruction for that event.
Docket timing also has a local pattern. The 20th JDC appendix states that East Feliciana civil matters sit with Division A in the first and third week of each month and Division B in the second and fourth week. Weeks that begin with a fifth Monday are office weeks for Division A in East Feliciana and Division B in West Feliciana. Mondays are civil rule days, while Wednesdays and Thursdays may be used for assigned civil matters. Fridays may be set aside for judicial commitment hearings at East Louisiana State Hospital in Jackson. Those rules explain why a date-based docket may be more useful when paired with the correct division, week, and case type.
The East Feliciana Parish image below comes from the official parish government homepage, which helps place the court docket system in the Clinton parish-seat context.
