Ricardo Hinojosa | |
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | |
In office November 13, 2009 –November 13, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Hayden Wilson Head Jr. |
Succeeded by | Lee H. Rosenthal |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | |
Assumed office May 5,1983 | |
Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Woodrow Bradley Seals |
Personal details | |
Born | Rio Grande City,Texas,U.S. | January 24,1950
Education | University of Texas (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Ricardo H. Hinojosa (born January 24,1950) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and served as the Chairman of the United States Sentencing Commission.
Hinojosa was born in Rio Grande City,Texas. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas,Austin in 1972,and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1975. He was a law clerk to the Texas Supreme Court from 1975 to 1976. He was then in private practice in McAllen,Texas,until 1983. [1] In 2015,he received the Presidential Citation from UT Austin. [2]
On April 12,1983,Hinojosa was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas vacated by Judge Woodrow Bradley Seals. Hinojosa was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 4,1983,and received his commission on May 5,1983. He was appointed as a commissioner on the United States Sentencing Commission by then President George W. Bush in 2003. He served as Chief Judge from 2009 to 2016. [1] Following the assumption of senior status by JoséA. Cabranes,Hinojosa is the longest-serving federal judge remaining in active service.
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