David Campos Guaderrama (born May 23, 1954) is a
Senior
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United States district judge
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of the
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Biography
Guaderrama was born in
Las Cruces, New Mexico
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and spent the early part of his life in
Deming, New Mexico
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.
His family moved to
El Paso, Texas
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, in 1966, where he graduated from
Cathedral High School in 1972.
[ Guaderrama received his ]Bachelor of Arts
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degree in 1975 from New Mexico State University
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and his Juris Doctor
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in 1979 from the University of Notre Dame Law School
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The school enrolls about 600 students and in addit ...
. 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
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, from 1987 to 1994. Guaderrama served as District Judge of the 243rd District Court of Texas
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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.
Federal judicial service
In October 2010, he was appointed magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.Barack Obama
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nominated Guaderrama to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas,David Briones
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Education and career
Born in El Paso, Texas, Briones was in the United States Army from 1964 t ...
who assumed senior status on February 26, 2009. On November 2, 2011, he received a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee
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and his nomination was reported to the floor on December 1, 2011. Guaderrama's nomination was confirmed by voice vote
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on April 26, 2012. He received his commission on April 30, 2012. He assumed senior status on May 27, 2023.
See also
*List of Hispanic and Latino American jurists
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1954 births
Living people
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