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Patrick Errol Higginbotham
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Senior status since August 28, 2006.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- July 1, 1982
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 14, 1982
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 26, 1982
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- July 27, 1982
- Commissioned
- July 30, 1982
- Senior status
- Since August 28, 2006
- American Bar Association rating
- Not published yet
Born 1938, 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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Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Appointed by Gerald Ford; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended August 3, 1982: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- U.S. Air Force judge advocate, 1961-1964
- Private practice, Dallas, Texas, 1964-1975
- Adjunct professor of constitutional law, Southern Methodist University Law School, 1976
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