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Ricardo H. Hinojosa
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Senior status since May 21, 2025.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- April 12, 1983
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- April 27, 1983
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 3, 1983
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- May 4, 1983
- Commissioned
- May 5, 1983
- Senior status
- Since May 21, 2025
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1950, 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
- Law clerk, Supreme Court of Texas, 1975-1976
- Private practice, McAllen, Texas, 1976-1983
- U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2003-2014; chair, 2004-2009; vice chair, 2013-2014
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