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Federal judicial service [ edit ] On September 7, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Rodriguez to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas , to the seat vacated by Judge Gregg Costa , who was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on May 20 ...
He received his judicial commission on April 22, 2015, [6] and was assigned to the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas. [13] He is the first African-American federal judge to preside over the Galveston court. Hanks has been mentioned as a possible nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. [14]
The first federal judge in Texas was John C. Watrous, who was appointed on May 26, 1846, and had previously served as Attorney General of the Republic of Texas. He was assigned to hold court in Galveston, at the time, the largest city in the state. As seat of the Texas Judicial District, the Galveston court had jurisdiction over the whole state ...
The first federal judge in Texas was John C. Watrous, who was appointed on May 26, 1846, and had previously served as Attorney General of the Republic of Texas. He was assigned to hold court in Galveston, at the time, the largest city in the state. As seat of the Texas Judicial District, the Galveston court had jurisdiction over the whole state ...
From 2001 to 2007, Judge Brown served as a judge of the 55th Texas State District Court in Harris County, Texas. Judge Jeff Brown was appointed to the trial court by Governor Rick Perry in December 2001, won an opposed election to that bench in November 2002, and won re-election in 2006. From 2007 to 2013, he served as a justice on Texas ...
A typical jury selection process in the U.S.: [5] The county creates a list of potential jurors from records. Exactly which records are used vary by state, but they may include state tax filers, motor vehicle registrants, voter lists, or even utility lists.
Alvarez was born in Donna, Texas. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Texas in 1980 and her Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law in 1989. She was in private practice in McAllen, Texas, from 1989 to 1995, and from 1997 to 2004. She was a presiding judge of the 139th Judicial District Court from ...
Federal judicial service [ edit ] On January 25, 2006, Miller was nominated by President George W. Bush to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas , to the seat vacated by Judge Ewing Werlein Jr. , who assumed senior status in 2006.