David Campos Guaderrama
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
Assumed office
May 27, 2023
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
In office
April 30, 2012 – May 27, 2023
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byDavid Briones
Succeeded byvacant
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
In office
October 2010 – April 30, 2012
Personal details
Born
David Campos Guaderrama

(1954-05-23) May 23, 1954 (age 69)
Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.
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Political partyDemocratic
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EducationNew Mexico State University (BA)
University of Notre Dame (JD)

David Campos Guaderrama (born May 23, 1954) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Biography

Guaderrama was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico and spent the early part of his life in Deming, New Mexico.[1] His family moved to El Paso, Texas, in 1966, where he graduated from Cathedral High School in 1972.[1] Guaderrama received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1975 from New Mexico State University and his Juris Doctor in 1979 from the University of Notre Dame Law School. He entered solo private practice in 1979 and became a partner of Guaderrama and Guaderrama from 1980 to 1986. He served as Chief Public Defender of El Paso County, Texas, from 1987 to 1994. Guaderrama served as District Judge of the 243rd District Court of Texas in El Paso County from 1995 to 2010. Judges of Texas district courts are elected in partisan elections: Guaderrama ran under the Democratic Party banner.[2]

Federal judicial service

In October 2010, he was appointed magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.[3][4]

On September 14, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Guaderrama to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas,[3] to the seat vacated by Judge David Briones who assumed senior status on February 26, 2009. On November 2, 2011, he received a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee and his nomination was reported to the floor on December 1, 2011. Guaderrama's nomination was confirmed by voice vote on April 26, 2012. He received his commission on April 30, 2012. He assumed senior status on May 27, 2023.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Borunda, Daniel (July 20, 2011). "Senators push El Pasoan David Guaderrama for federal judgeship". El Paso Times. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  2. ^ "El Paso County: election results". Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
  3. ^ a b The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (September 14, 2011). "President Obama Nominates Judge David Campos Guaderrama to the United States District Court". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved September 17, 2011 – via National Archives.
  4. ^ a b David C. Guaderrama at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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