Donald Ellsworth Walter

{{Short description|American judge (born 1936)}}

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| name = Donald Ellsworth Walter

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| office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

| term_start = November 30, 2001

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| office1 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

| term_start1 = July 11, 1985

| term_end1 = November 30, 2001

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| appointer1 = Ronald Reagan

| predecessor1 = Seat established by 98 Stat. 333

| successor1 = S. Maurice Hicks Jr.

| office2 = United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana

| term_start2 = 1969

| term_end2 = 1977

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|03|15}}

| birth_place = Jennings, Louisiana, U.S.

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| party = Republican

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| residence = Shreveport, Louisiana

| education = Louisiana State University (BA, JD)

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Donald Ellsworth Walter (born March 15, 1936) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, based in Shreveport.