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Sidney Allen Fitzwater
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Senior status since September 22, 2018.
Confirmed 52 to 42Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- January 29, 1986
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 5, 1986
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 27, 1986
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 52 to 42
- Confirmed
- March 18, 1986
- Commissioned
- March 19, 1986
- Senior status
- Since September 22, 2018
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1953, 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, Houston, Texas, 1976-1978
- Private practice, Dallas, Texas, 1978-1982
- Judge, Texas District Court, Two Hundred and Ninety-Eighth Judicial District, 1982-1986
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