W Louis Sands
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia
Judge · Federal · Georgia
Data last updated: 10/7/2026. Status: senior.
Cases in this dataset
136 linked docket records. These counts are not a count of rulings or a prediction.
Case volume by filing year
- 2005
1 - 2012
2 - 2018
1 - 2019
1 - 2020
7 - 2021
10 - 2022
9 - 2023
38 - 2024
46 - 2025
21
Recent cases
- DONALDSON v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY
- WOODEN v. RODRIGUEZ
- BROWN v. AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY
- WOOD v. United States
- CHIANG v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY
- SPIRES v. FULLER
- JONES v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY
- EDWARDS v. JONES
- SAPP v. KEL-TEC CNC INDUSTRIES INC
- MURRAY v. DOUGHERTY COUNTY
Career history
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia · 1994-05-09 to End not recorded · William J. Clinton
- Mercer University School of Law J.D. 1974
- Mercer University B.A. 1971
- Mercer University J.D. 1974
Sources and corrections
- fjc-bio · 2026-10-07
- courtlistener-people-bulk · 2026-10-07
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