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Matthew Lane Garcia
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Active service.
Confirmed 53 to 46Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- January 3, 2023
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 2, 2023
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 53 to 46
- Confirmed
- February 14, 2023
- Commissioned
- February 21, 2023
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1974, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2006-2019
- Adjunct professor, University of New Mexico School of Law, 2013, 2018, 2019
- Office of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico, 2019-2023; general counsel, 2019-2020; chief of staff, 2020-2023
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