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Lynn Nettleton Hughes
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Senior status since February 12, 2023.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- October 16, 1985
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- November 6, 1985
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), November 14, 1985
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- December 16, 1985
- Commissioned
- December 17, 1985
- Senior status
- Since February 12, 2023
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1941, 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, 1966-1979
- President, Southwest Resources, Houston, Texas, 1969-1970
- Judge, Harris County [Texas] One Hundred and Sixty-Fifth District Court, 1979-1980
- Judge, Harris County [Texas] One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth District Court, 1981-1985
- Adjunct professor, South Texas College of Law, 1973-2003
- Adjunct professor, University of Texas School of Law, 1990-1991
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