Curtis LeRoy Hansen
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Curtis LeRoy Hansen was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. He earned a law degree from University of New Mexico School of Law in 1961. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1933–2023
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1992
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Iowa 1956 · University of New Mexico Law 1961
- Succeeded by
- James O. Browning
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | District of New Mexico | G.H.W. Bush (R) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| University of Iowa | B.S. | 1956 |
| University of New Mexico School of Law | J.D. | 1961 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Hansen was assigned 2,720 district-court cases (1983–2017). Median time from filing to termination: 240 days across 2,719 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 48 of Hansen’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 41 were affirmed, 5 reversed or vacated, and 2 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Hansen authored 42 published opinions for the court (1993–2006). Most cited: Friends of Santa Fe County v. LAC Minerals, Inc. (70 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Friends of Santa Fe County v. LAC Minerals, Inc. | 892 F. Supp. 1333 | 70 |
| 1997 | Western PCS II Corp. v. Extraterritorial Zoning Authority of Santa Fe | 957 F. Supp. 1230 | 56 |
| 1998 | Weekoty v. United States | 30 F. Supp. 2d 1343 | 25 |
| 1999 | Ramah Navajo Chapter v. Babbitt | 50 F. Supp. 2d 1091 | 24 |
| 1998 | Giron v. Corrections Corp. of America | 14 F. Supp. 2d 1245 | 20 |
| 1996 | Diaz v. Salazar | 924 F. Supp. 1088 | 17 |
| 1996 | United States v. Haworth | 942 F. Supp. 1406 | 16 |
| 1997 | United States v. Spivey | 958 F. Supp. 1523 | 14 |
| 1995 | Flores v. Long | 926 F. Supp. 166 | 13 |
| 1998 | American Civil Liberties Union v. Johnson | 4 F. Supp. 2d 1029 | 12 |
| 2003 | Southwest Four Wheel Drive Ass'n v. Bureau of Land Management | 271 F. Supp. 2d 1308 | 10 |
| 2002 | RAMAH NAVAJO CHAPTOR v. Norton | 250 F. Supp. 2d 1303 | 9 |
| 1997 | Giron v. Corrections Corp. of America | 981 F. Supp. 1406 | 6 |
| 1993 | McKinley v. United States | 828 F. Supp. 888 | 6 |
| 2006 | Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Therm-O-Disc, Inc. | 476 F. Supp. 2d 1216 | 5 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 42 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Curtis LeRoy Hansen?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Curtis LeRoy Hansen to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in 1992.
- Was Curtis LeRoy Hansen appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Curtis LeRoy Hansen was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Curtis LeRoy Hansen's confirmation vote?
- Curtis LeRoy Hansen was confirmed by voice vote on September 25, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Curtis LeRoy Hansen on?
- Curtis LeRoy Hansen was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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31 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).