Samuel Frederick Biery Jr. (born November 11, 1947) is a
United States district judge of the
.
Education and career
Born in
McAllen,
Texas, Biery received a
Bachelor of Arts degree from
Texas Lutheran College
Texas Lutheran University (TLU) is a private Evangelical Lutheran Church in America university in Seguin, Texas.
History
The university traces its roots back to 1891, to an academy of the first German Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Texas, in ...
in 1970 and a
Juris Doctor
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from the
Dedman School of Law at
Southern Methodist University in 1973.
He served in the
United States Army Reserve from 1970 to 1976 where he became an E4.
He was in private practice in
San Antonio, Texas from 1973 to 1978.
He was a judge on the County Court at law number two in
Bexar County, Texas from 1979 to 1982.
He was a judge on the
state 150th District Court from 1983 to 1988.
He was a Justice of the
state Fourth Court of Appeals from 1989 to 1994.
Federal judicial service
On November 19, 1993, Biery was nominated by President
Bill Clinton to a new seat on the
created by 104 Stat. 5089.
He was confirmed by the
United States Senate on March 10, 1994, and received his commission on March 11, 1994.
Biery was elevated to chief judge on June 1, 2010, his term as chief judge ended in late 2015.
On April 29, 2013, his ruling on ''
35 Bar and Grille LLC, et. al. v. The City of San Antonio'' reached press notoriety for its use of
puns, sexual
innuendo and
double entendres.
In June 2022, Biery claimed that he does not read opinions handed down from the
Fifth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (in case citations, 5th Cir.) is a United States federal court, federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the United States district court, district courts in the following United Stat ...
, only to later claim his remarks were "courtroom banter".
References
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1947 births
Living people
Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
People from McAllen, Texas
Military personnel from Texas
Texas Lutheran University alumni
United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
United States Army soldiers
United States Army reservists
Dedman School of Law alumni
20th-century American judges
21st-century American judges
Lawyers from San Antonio