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Douglas Leroy Rayes
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Senior status since June 1, 2024.
Confirmed 77 to 19Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 6, 2014
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- January 28, 2014
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 27, 2014
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 77 to 19
- Confirmed
- May 15, 2014
- Commissioned
- May 28, 2014
- Senior status
- Since June 1, 2024
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1952, 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
- U.S. Army captain, JAG Corps, 1979-1982
- U.S. Army Reserve captain, 1982-1985
- Private practice, Phoenix, Arizona, 1982-1989
- Private practice, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1989-2000
- Judge, Arizona Superior Court, Maricopa County, 2000-2014; associate presiding civil judge, 2008-2010; presiding criminal judge, 2010-2013
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