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Emilio Garza
Emilio M. Garza was a federal appeals judge serving on senior status for the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. He joined the court in 1991 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush. On August 1, 2012, Garza assumed senior status.[1] He retired from senior status on January 5, 2015.[2]
Education
Garza graduated from the University of Notre Dame with his bachelor's degree in 1969 and his master's degree in 1970. He received his J.D. degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 1976.[1]
Military service
Garza served as a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1970 to 1973.[1]
Professional career
Garza was a private practice attorney in the State of Texas from 1976 to 1987 before becoming a judge of the 225th District Court of Bexar County from 1987 to 1988.[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Phil Gramm, Garza was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit by President George H.W. Bush on April 11, 1991, to a seat vacated by Judge Thomas Reavley when Reavley assumed senior status. Garza was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 24, 1991, by unanimous consent and received commission on May 30, 1991.[3] On August 1, 2012, Judge Emilio Garza assumed senior status.
Western District of Texas
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Phil Gramm, Garza was nominated to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas by President Ronald Reagan on February 2, 1988, to a seat vacated by Judge William S. Sessions as Sessions assumed senior status. Garza was confirmed by the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent on April 19, 1988. He received commission on April 20, 1988.[4]
See also
External links
- Federal Judicial Center, "Judge Emilio M. Garza Biography"
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Judge Emilio M. Garza Biography," accessed January 14, 2015
- ↑ South East Texas' Legal Journal, "Garza retires from 5th District appeals court; Silsbee cheerleader and UT admissions among notable cases," January 12, 2015
- ↑ THOMAS, "Judge Emilio Garza USCA, 5th Cir. confirmation: PN260-102"
- ↑ THOMAS, "Emilio Garza USDC, WDTX confirmation: PN824-100"
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: William Steele Sessions |
Western District of Texas 1988–1991 Seat #4 |
Succeeded by: Orlando Garcia |
| Preceded by: Thomas Reavley |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1991–2012 |
Succeeded by: NA
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Alia Moses • Samuel Biery • Xavier Rodriguez • Kathleen Cardone • Orlando Garcia • Jason Pulliam • David Counts • Robert Pitman • Leon Schydlower • Alan Albright • Ernesto Gonzalez (Texas) | ||
| Senior judges |
Sam Sparks • David Briones • Frank Montalvo • Robert Junell • David Alan Ezra • James Nowlin • David Guaderrama • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Victor Garcia • Jeff Manske • Collis White • Robert Castaneda • Anne Teresa Berton • Mark Lane (Texas) • Miguel Torres (Texas) • Henry J. Bemporad • Elizabeth Chestney • David Fannin • Dustin Howell • Richard Farrer • Ronald C. Griffin • Susan Hightower (Texas) • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Thomas Howard DuVal • Ezekiel Turner • Edward Prado • Emilio Garza • Thomas Sheldon Maxey • William Robert Smith • Walter Smith Jr. • Harry Hudspeth • Earl Yeakel • Philip Martinez • William Furgeson • DuVal West • Charles Albert Boynton • Robert Johnston McMillan • William Steele Sessions • Lucius Bunton • Hipolito Garcia • Ernest Guinn • Walter Keeling • Ben Rice • Jack Roberts (Texas) • Clyde Shannon • Adrian Spears (Texas district court judge) • Dorwin Suttle • Robert Thomason • William Thornberry • John Wood (Texas) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Walter Smith Jr. • Harry Hudspeth • William Steele Sessions • Lucius Bunton • James Nowlin • Ben Rice • Jack Roberts (Texas) • Adrian Spears (Texas district court judge) • | ||
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
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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 | ||
