David Campos Guaderrama
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2012 and confirmed by voice vote, David Campos Guaderrama is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. He earned a law degree from Notre Dame Law School in 1979. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1954 · age 72
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2012
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- New Mexico State 1975 · Notre Dame Law School 1979
- Succeeded
- David Briones
- Succeeded by
- Christopher Robert Wolfe
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Western District of Texas succeeded David Briones | Obama (D) | 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
| New Mexico State University | B.A. | 1975 |
| Notre Dame Law School | J.D. | 1979 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Guaderrama was assigned 1,500 district-court cases (2009–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 162 days across 1,101 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 151 of Guaderrama’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 134 were affirmed, 13 reversed or vacated, and 4 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, Guaderrama authored 1 published opinion for the court (2011).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Borrego v. Astrue | 825 F. Supp. 2d 779 | 0 |
Showing the 1 most-cited of 1 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 David Campos Guaderrama?
- President Barack Obama appointed David Campos Guaderrama to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in 2012.
- Was David Campos Guaderrama appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- David Campos Guaderrama was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was David Campos Guaderrama's confirmation vote?
- David Campos Guaderrama was confirmed by voice vote on April 26, 2012. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is David Campos Guaderrama on?
- David Campos Guaderrama is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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14 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).