Bobby Baldock
Bobby Baldock is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. He joined the court in 1985 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. Prior to his service on the 10th Circuit, he was a district judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. He served on the district court from June 7, 1983, until his resignation on January 24, 1986.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Rocky, Oklahoma, Baldock graduated from New Mexico Military Institute in 1956 and from the University of Arizona College of Law with his J.D. in 1960.[1]
Military career
Baldock served in the adjutant general staff of the New Mexico National Guard from 1960 to 1970, attaining the rank of captain.[1]
Professional career
- 1960-1983: Private practice, Roswell, N.M.
- 1962-1981: Adjunct faculty, Eastern New Mexico University
Judicial nominations and appointments
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Bobby Ray Baldock |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 70 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: October 7, 1985
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| Hearing: October 30, 1985
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| Reported: November 14, 1985
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| Confirmed: December 16, 1985
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Baldock was nominated by Ronald Reagan on October 7, 1985, to a seat vacated by Judge Oliver Seth as Seth assumed senior status. Hearings on Baldock's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on October 30, 1985, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on November 14, 1985. Baldock was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on December 16, 1985, and he received his commission the next day. Baldock assumed senior status on January 26, 2001.[1][2] He was succeeded in this position by Judge Harris Hartz.
District of New Mexico
Baldock was nominated by Ronald Reagan on May 2, 1983, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico vacated by Judge Edwin Mechem as Mechem assumed senior status. Hearings on Baldock's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 18, 1983, and his nomination was reported by Sen. Thurmond on May 26, 1983. Baldock was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on June 6, 1983, and he received his commission on June 7, 1983. Baldock resigned from the district court on January 24, 1986, upon his elevation to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.[1][3] Baldock was succeeded in this position by Judge John Conway.
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed August 15, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 631 - Bobby Ray Baldock - The Judiciary," accessed August 15, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 256 - Bobby Ray Baldock - The Judiciary," accessed August 15, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Edwin Mechem |
District of New Mexico 1983–1986 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: John Conway |
| Preceded by: Oliver Seth |
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals 1985–2001 |
Succeeded by: Harris Hartz
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Jerome HolmesChief Judge: Timothy Tymkovich • Allison Eid • Harris Hartz • Carolyn McHugh • Nancy Moritz • Robert Bacharach • Scott Matheson (Utah) • Gregory Alan Phillips • Joel Carson • Veronica Rossman • Richard Federico | ||
| Senior judges |
Terrence O'Brien • Michael R. Murphy (Federal judge) • Carlos Lucero • Mary Briscoe • Paul Kelly (United States Court of Appeals judge) • David Ebel • Wade Brorby • Bobby Baldock • Stephen Anderson • John Porfilio • Stephanie Seymour • | ||
| Former judges | William E. Doyle (Colorado) • Neil Gorsuch • Robert Henry • Deanell Tacha • Michael McConnell (federal appeals judge) • William Holloway • Robert McWilliams • James E. Barrett (Federal judge) • John Hazelton Cotteral • Robert E. Lewis (Colorado judge) • Robert Williams (Oklahoma) • Orie Leon Phillips • George Thomas McDermott • Sam Gilbert Bratton • Alfred Murrah • Walter Huxman • David Thomas Lewis • Jean Breitenstein • Delmas Hill • John Hickey • James Logan • John Pickett • Oliver Seth • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Mary Briscoe • Robert Henry • Deanell Tacha • Stephanie Seymour • Monroe McKay • William Holloway • Orie Leon Phillips • Sam Gilbert Bratton • Alfred Murrah • David Thomas Lewis • Oliver Seth • | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
