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Kea Whetzal Riggs
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Active service.
Confirmed 94 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- May 13, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 26, 2019
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 18, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 94 to 0
- Confirmed
- December 19, 2019
- Commissioned
- December 31, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1965, 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, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1990-1991
- Assistant district attorney, Third Judicial District, State of New Mexico, 1991-1993
- Children's court attorney, Children, Youth and Families Department, State of New Mexico, 1993-1994
- Senior trial prosecutor, Fifth Judicial District, State of New Mexico, 1994-1999
- Private practice, Roswell, New Mexico, 1999-2004
- Adjunct professor, Eastern New Mexico University--Roswell, 2001-2002, 2008-2009, 2012-2014
- Adjunct professor, New Mexico Highlands University--Roswell, 2006-2009, 2011
- Special master and mediator (part-time), self-employed, Roswell, New Mexico, 2006-2012
- Judge, New Mexico District Court, Fifth Judicial District, 2014-2019
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