David Campos Guaderrama is currently a magistrate judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas

United States District Court for the Western District of Texas

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 and is a nominee for District Judge

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 on that court.

Biography

Guaderrama was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Las Cruces, also known as "The City of the Crosses", is the county seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 97,618 in 2010 according to the 2010 Census, making it the second largest city in the state....

 and spent the early part of his life in Deming, New Mexico

Deming, New Mexico

Deming is a city in Luna County, New Mexico, United States, located 60 miles west of Las Cruces. The population was 14,116 at the 2000 census. Deming is the county seat and principal town of Luna County.-History:...

. His family moved to El Paso, Texas

El Paso, Texas

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 in 1966, where he graduated from Cathedral High School

Cathedral High School (El Paso, Texas)

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 in 1972. Guaderrama received his B.A. in 1975 from New Mexico State University

New Mexico State University

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 and his J.D. 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 from 1995 to 2010. In October 2010, he was appointed magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Federal judicial nomination

On September 14, 2011, Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

 nominated Guaderrama to be District Judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, to the seat vacated by Judge David Briones

David Briones

David Briones is a United States federal judge.Born in El Paso, Texas, Briones received a B.A. from the University of Texas in 1969 and a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1971. He was in the United States Army from 1964 to 1966. He was in private practice in El Paso, Texas from...

who took senior status on February 26, 2009.