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Bobby Baldock

Nonpartisan

United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit

Tenure

2001 - Present

Years in position

24

Prior offices:

United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit

Years in office: 1985 - 2001

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United States District Court for the District of New Mexico

Years in office: 1983 - 1986

Education

Bachelor's

New Mexico Military Institute, 1956

Law

University of Arizona College of Law, 1960

Personal

Birthplace

Rocky, OK

Bobby Baldock is afederal judge onsenior status with theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. He joined the court in 1985 after being nominated by PresidentRonald Reagan. Prior to his service on the 10th Circuit, he was a district judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of New Mexico. He served on the district court from June 7, 1983, until his resignation on January 24, 1986.^[1]

Early life and education

A native of Rocky,Oklahoma, Baldock graduated from New Mexico Military Institute in 1956 and from the University of Arizona College of Law with hisJ.D. in 1960.^[1]

Military career

Baldock served in the adjutant general staff of the New Mexico National Guard from 1960 to 1970, attaining the rank of captain.^[1]

Professional career

• 1960-1983: Private practice,Roswell, N.M.
• 1962-1981: Adjunct faculty, Eastern New Mexico University

Judicial nominations and appointments

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Bobby Ray Baldock
Court:United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
Progress
Confirmed 70 days after nomination.
ANominated: October 7, 1985
AABA Rating:
Questionnaire:
AHearing: October 30, 1985
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: November 14, 1985
AConfirmed: December 16, 1985
AVote: Voice vote

Baldock was nominated byRonald Reagan on October 7, 1985, to a seat vacated by JudgeOliver Seth as Seth assumedsenior status. Hearings on Baldock's nomination were held before theUnited States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on October 30, 1985, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on November 14, 1985. Baldock was confirmed on a voice vote of theU.S. Senate on December 16, 1985, and he received his commission the next day. Baldock assumedsenior status on January 26, 2001.^[1][2] He was succeeded in this position by JudgeHarris Hartz.

District of New Mexico

Baldock was nominated byRonald Reagan on May 2, 1983, to a seat on theUnited States District Court for the District of New Mexico vacated by JudgeEdwin Mechem as Mechem assumedsenior status. Hearings on Baldock's nomination were held before theSenate Judiciary Committee on May 18, 1983, and his nomination was reported by Sen. Thurmond on May 26, 1983. Baldock was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on June 6, 1983, and he received his commission onJune 7, 1983. Baldock resigned from the district court onJanuary 24, 1986, upon his elevation to theTenth Circuit Court of Appeals.^[1][3] Baldock was succeeded in this position by JudgeJohn Conway.

See also

• United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
• United States District Court for the District of New Mexico

External links

• Judge Baldock's biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of New Mexico
Active judges	•  James O. Browning  •  Kenneth John Gonzales  •  Kea Riggs  •  Matthew Garcia  •  Margaret Strickland  •  David Herrera Urias  •  Sarah Davenport
Senior judges	Martha Vazquez  •  Curtis Hansen  •  Christina Armijo  •  Robert Brack  •  William Johnson (New Mexico)  •  Judith Herrera  •
Magistrate judges	Carmen Garza  •  Kevin R. Sweazea  •  Jerry H. Ritter, Jr.  •  Gregory Wormuth  •  Stephan Vidmar  •  Gregory Fouratt  •  Laura Fashing  •  B. Paul Briones  •  John Robbenhaar  •
Former Article III judges	John Conway  •  James A. Parker  •  Bobby Baldock  •  William Hayes Pope  •  Colin Neblett  •  Orie Leon Phillips  •  Howard Bratton  •  Juan Burciaga  •  Santiago Campos  •  Carl Hatch  •  Edwin Leard Mechem  •  Harry Payne  •  Waldo Rogers  •
Former Chief judges	Martha Vazquez  •  John Conway  •  James A. Parker  •  Bruce Black  •  Howard Bratton  •  Juan Burciaga  •  Santiago Campos  •  Carl Hatch  •  Harry Payne  •  Waldo Rogers  •

v • e Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Jerome HolmesChief Judge: Timothy Tymkovich  •  Allison Eid  •  Harris Hartz  •  Carolyn McHugh  •  Nancy Moritz  •  Robert Bacharach  •  Scott Matheson (Utah)  •  Gregory Alan Phillips  •  Joel Carson  •  Veronica Rossman  •  Richard Federico
Senior judges	Terrence O'Brien  •  Michael R. Murphy (Federal judge)  •  Carlos Lucero  •  Mary Briscoe  •  Paul Kelly (United States Court of Appeals judge)  •  David Ebel  •  Wade Brorby  •  Bobby Baldock  •  Stephen Anderson  •  John Porfilio  •  Stephanie Seymour  •
Former judges	William E. Doyle (Colorado)  •  Neil Gorsuch  •  Robert Henry  •  Deanell Tacha  •  Michael McConnell (federal appeals judge)  •  William Holloway  •  Robert McWilliams  •  James E. Barrett (Federal judge)  •  John Hazelton Cotteral  •  Robert E. Lewis (Colorado judge)  •  Robert Williams (Oklahoma)  •  Orie Leon Phillips  •  George Thomas McDermott  •  Sam Gilbert Bratton  •  Alfred Murrah  •  Walter Huxman  •  David Thomas Lewis  •  Jean Breitenstein  •  Delmas Hill  •  John Hickey  •  James Logan  •  John Pickett  •  Oliver Seth  •
Former Chief judges	Mary Briscoe  •  Robert Henry  •  Deanell Tacha  •  Stephanie Seymour  •  Monroe McKay  •  William Holloway  •  Orie Leon Phillips  •  Sam Gilbert Bratton  •  Alfred Murrah  •  David Thomas Lewis  •  Oliver Seth  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byRonald Reagan
1981	Bartlett •Beam •Becker •Bork •Cacheris •Cardamone •Chapman •Coughenour •Cox •Crow •Cyr •Doumar •Eschbach •Forrester •Garwood •Gibson •Glasser •Hall •Hamilton •Head •Jones •Kiser •Krenzler •Lee •Magnuson •McLaughlin •Miner •Moore •Nowlin •O'Connor •Pierce •Posner •Potter •Russell •Ryan •Shabaz •Sprizzo •Stevens •Waters •Wilhoit •Wilkins •Winter
1982	Acker •Acosta •Altimari •Bell •Bissell •Black •Bullock •Caldwell •Coffey •Contie •Coyle •Dowd •Fagg •Fong •Fox •Gadbois •Gibson •Ginsburg •Hart •Higginbotham •Hogan •Irving •Jackson •Jolly •Kanne •Kovachevich •Krupansky •Lynch •Mansmann •McNamara •Mencer •Mentz •Mihm •Moody •Nordberg •Paul •Pieras •Plunkett •Porfilio •Potter •Pratt •Rafeedie •Restani •Roberts •Scalia •Selya •Telesca •Wellford
1983	Baldock •Barbour •Barry •Bowman •Carman •Carter •Curran •Davis •Dorsey •Feldman •Fish •Flaum •Gibbons •Hallanan •Harris •Hinojosa •Hull •Hupp •Katz •Keenan •Kelly •Kram •Laffitte •Limbaugh, Sr. •Limbaugh, Sr. •Milburn •Nesbitt •Nevas •O'Neill •Rymer •Sharp •Starr •Vinson •Vukasin •Wexler • Woods
1984	Barker •Beezer •Biggers •Billings •Bissell •Boyle •Brewster •Browning •DiCarlo •Duhe •Garcia •George •Hall •Hargrove •Higgins •Hill •Holland •Ideman •Jarvis •Keller •Leavy •Lee •Legge •Leisure •Little •Livaudais •Longobardi •McKibben •Milburn •Newman •Norgle •Prado •Rea •Rosenblatt •Rovner •Scirica •Smith, Jr. •Sneeden •Stotler •Suhrheinrich •Torruella •Wiggins •Wilkinson
1985	Alley •Altimari •Anderson •Aquilino •Archer •Arnold •Baldock •Batchelder •Battey •Broomfield •Brown •Brown •Brunetti •Buckley •Cobb •Conmy •Cowen •Davidson •Dimmick •Duff •Easterbrook •Edgar •Farnan •Fernandez •Fitzpatrick •Fuste •Greene •Gunn •Guy •Hall •Hilton •Holderman •Hughes •Johnson •Jones •Korman •Kozinski •La Plata •Leinenweber •Letts •Lovell •Ludwig •Maloney •Mansmann •Marcus •McDonald •Meredith •Miller •Mills •Miner •Motz •Nelson •Noonan •Porfilio •Revercomb •Rhoades •Ripple •Rodriguez •Rosenbaum •Roth •Ryan •Sam •Scott •Sentelle •Silberman •Sporkin •Stanton •Stapleton •Strand •Strom •Tacha •Tevrizian •Thompson •Todd •Tsoucalas •Walker •Walter •Weber •Williams •Wilson •Wingate •Wolf •Wollman •Young •Zloch
1986	Anderson •Boggs •Bryan •Cedarbaum •Cholakis •Conway •Davies •Dearie •Dubina •Duggan •Edmondson •Fawsett •Fitzwater •Gex •Graham •Hackett •Hansen •Henderson •Hittner •Howard •Jensen •Kay •Kleinfeld •Kosik •Lagueux •Lechner •Magill •Mahoney •Manion •McAvoy •McQuade •Norris •O'Scannlain •Rehnquist •Ryskamp •Scalia •Selya •Simpson •Smalkin •Spencer •Stiehl •Wilkins •Williams •Woodlock •Zatkoff
1987	Alesia •Beam •Bell •Conboy •Cowen •Cummings •Daronco •Doty •Dwyer •Ebel •Ellis •Gadola •Gawthrop •Greenberg •Harrington •Howard •Hoyt •Hutchinson •Kanne •Kelly •Larimer •Leavy •Lew •Marsh •Mayer •McKinney •Michel •Mukasey •Musgrave •Niemeyer •Parker •Phillips •Politan •Pro •Raggi •Reasoner •Reed •Scirica •Sentelle •Smith •Smith •Stadtmueller •Standish •Tinder •Torres •Trott •Turner •Van Antwerpen •Voorhees •Webb •Whipple •Wolin •Wolle •Wood •Zagel
1988	Arcara •Babcock •Brorby •Butler •Cambridge •Camp •Conlon •Cox •Dubois •Duhe •Ezra •Forester •Friedman •Garza •Hutton •Jordan •Kennedy •Lake •Lamberth •Lifland •Lozano •Marovich •Nygaard •Patterson •Schell •Smith •Smith •Tilley •Waldman •Zilly