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Samuel Ray Cummings
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Senior status since December 31, 2014.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- July 31, 1987
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- November 13, 1987
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), December 3, 1987
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- December 8, 1987
- Commissioned
- December 9, 1987
- Senior status
- Since December 31, 2014
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1944, 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, Amarillo, Texas, 1970-1987
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