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Christine Arguello
2022 - Present
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Christine M. Arguello (b.1955) is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. She joined the court in 2008 after receiving a nomination from President George W. Bush (R). Arguello assumed senior status on July 15, 2022.[1] Arguello was the first Hispanic judge for the District of Colorado.[2]
Early life and education
Professional career
- Private practice, Miami, Florida, 1980-1985
- Private practice, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1985-1991
- Consultant, Professional Fee Examiners, Inc., 1991-1996
- Vice-president of legal, Professional Fee Examiners, Inc., 1996-1997
- Associate & full professor, University of Kansas School of Law, 1991-1999
- Visiting & adjunct professor, University of Colorado School of Law, 1999-2002
- Deputy for states services-Colorado Attorney General's Office, 1999-2000
- Chief deputy attorney general, Colorado Attorney General's Office, 2000-2002
- Visiting professor, University of Denver College of Law, 2003
- Private practice, Denver, Colorado, 2003-2006
- Managing senior associate counsel, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2006-2008[1]
Judicial career
District of Colorado
Arguello was nominated by President George W. Bush (R) on July 10, 2008, to a seat vacated by Walker Miller. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 26, 2008, and received her commission on October 21, 2008. Arguello assumed senior status on July 15, 2022.[1]
Noteworthy cases
Andrew Wommack Ministries, Inc. v. Polis (2020)
Andrew Wommack Ministries, Inc. v. Polis: On September 29, 2020, Judge Christine Arguello, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, declined to enjoin Gov. Jared Polis' restrictions on religious gatherings. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit declined to take up an appeal of Arguello's decision. In its complaint, Andrew Wommack Ministries argued that Polis' orders infringed upon the church’s "constitutional rights by discrimination against its right to assembly, speech, free exercise of religion, [and] equal protection." The complaint was filed after the church received a cease-and-desist order in response to hosting a conference event exceeding the 175-person limit for indoor events. In her order, Arguello, a George W. Bush (R) appointee, wrote that allowing such large indoor gatherings "would be compromising the health of the public, which could cause the death of an untold number of innocent citizens." On Sept. 29, Andrew Wommack Ministries appealed the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. On Oct. 5, the Tenth Circuit declined to take up the appeal, finding that Andrew Wommack Ministries "has not made a sufficient showing that it is likely to succeed on appeal as to merit the requested relief."[3][4][5]
See also
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- United States District Court for the District of Colorado
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Arguello, Christine M.," accessed August 19, 2021
- ↑ Rocky Mountain News "Arguello, Brimmer get Senate's nod as judges," September 26, 2008
- ↑ United States District Court for the District of Colorado, "Andrew Wommack Ministries, Inc. v. Polis: Order Denying Motion for Injunctive Relief," September 29, 2020
- ↑ United States District Court for the District of Colorado, "Andrew Wommack Ministries, Inc. v. Polis: Verified Complaint," September 28, 2020
- ↑ PacerMonitor, "Andrew Wommack Ministries, Inc. v. Polis," accessed October 8, 2020
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Walker Miller |
United States District Court for the District of Colorado 2008-2022 |
Succeeded by Nina Nin-Yuen Wang |
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gregory • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Moses • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
