David Campos Guaderrama (born May 23, 1954) is a

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of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Biography

Guaderrama was born in

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and spent the early part of his life in Deming, New Mexico. His family moved to

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, in 1966, where he graduated from Cathedral High School in 1972. Guaderrama received his

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degree in 1975 from

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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

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Federal judicial service

United States magistrate service

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

District court service

On September 14, 2011, President

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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, to the seat vacated by Judge David Briones who took senior status on February 26, 2009. On November 2, 2011, he received a hearing before the

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and his nomination was reported to the floor on December 1, 2011. Guaderrama's nomination was confirmed by

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on April 26, 2012. He received his commission on April 30, 2012.

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