The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (in case citations, D.N.M.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the state of New Mexico. Court is held in Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Las Vegas,

Roswell Roswell may refer to: * Roswell incident Places in the United States * Roswell, Colorado, a former settlement now part of Colorado Springs * Roswell, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta * Roswell, Idaho * Roswell, New Mexico, known for the purported 194 ...

, Santa Fe, and Silver City. Appeals from the District of New Mexico are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current United States Attorney is

Alexander M.M. Uballez Alexander M.M. Uballez is an American lawyer serving as the United States attorney for the District of New Mexico. Education Uballez earned a Bachelor of Arts from Pomona College in 2008 and a Juris Doctor from the Columbia University School o ...

since May 24, 2022. Along with the

Western District of Texas The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (in case citations, W.D. Tex.) is a federal district court. The court convenes in San Antonio with divisions in Austin, Del Rio, El Paso, Midland, Pecos, and Waco. It has juri ...

, Southern District of Texas, and District of Arizona, it is one of the busiest district courts in terms of criminal felony filings.

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Summers Burkhart Summers Burkhart (26 June 1859 – 14 May 1932) was an American lawyer and the United States Attorney for New Mexico from 1913 to 1921. Burkhart was born in Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) to middle-class parents, William Davidson ...

(1913–1921) *

Norman Bay Norman C. Bay (; born 1960 in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois) is an American attorney. He is the former United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico. Bay was the first Chinese-American United States Attorney. Bay is the former chairman of ...

(2000–2001) *

David Iglesias David Claudio Iglesias (born 1958) is an American attorney from Albuquerque, New Mexico.Gisick, Michael''"Fired U.S. Attorney David Iglesias embraces the media in his quest for vindication"'' - Albuquerque Tribune - Thursday, May 10, 2007

(2001–2006) * Larry Gomez (2006–2008) * Gregory J. Fouratt (2008–2010) *

Kenneth John Gonzales Kenneth John Gonzales (born October 26, 1964) is an American attorney who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico and is a former United States attorney from the same district. ...

(2010–2013) *

Damon Martinez Damon P. Martinez (born December 11, 1965) is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico from 2014 to 2017. Early life and education Martinez was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He ...

(2014–2017) * John C. Anderson (2018–2021) *

Fred Joseph Federici III Fred Joseph Federici III (born 1965) is an American attorney who formerly served as the acting United States attorney for the District of New Mexico. He was previously a nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District ...

''(acting)'' (2021–2022) *

(2022–present)

References

External links

United States District Court for the District of New Mexico Official Website

United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico Official Website
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