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David C. Godbey
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Senior status since September 18, 2025.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- January 23, 2002
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- April 25, 2002
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 13, 2002
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- August 1, 2002
- Commissioned
- August 2, 2002
- Senior status
- Since September 18, 2025
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1957, 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, Hon. Irving L. Goldberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1982-1983
- Private practice, Dallas, Texas, 1983-1994
- Judge, Dallas County [Texas] One Hundred and Sixtieth District Court, 1994-2002
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