Who appointed Juan Guerrero Burciaga?

President Jimmy Carter appointed Juan Guerrero Burciaga to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in 1979.

Was Juan Guerrero Burciaga appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Juan Guerrero Burciaga was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Juan Guerrero Burciaga's confirmation vote?

Juan Guerrero Burciaga was confirmed by voice vote on October 31, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of New Mexico / Appointed 1979 / Served to 1995

Juan Guerrero Burciaga

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Juan Guerrero Burciaga 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 1963. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1929–1995
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1979
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: U.S. Military Academy 1952 · University of New Mexico Law 1963
Succeeded by: Bruce D. Black

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1979	District of New Mexico	Carter (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

U.S. Military Academy	B.S.	1952
University of New Mexico School of Law	J.D.	1963

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Burciaga was assigned 1,167 district-court cases (1981–1995). Median time from filing to termination: 353 days across 1,164 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts23%

Prisoner & habeas18%

Civil rights16%

Contract15%

Other federal statutes5%

Real property5%

Other17%

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.

In our data, Burciaga authored 53 published opinions for the court (1980–1995). Most cited: Otero Mills, Inc. v. Security Bank & Trust (In Re Otero Mills, Inc.) (113 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1982	Otero Mills, Inc. v. Security Bank & Trust (In Re Otero Mills, Inc.)	25 B.R. 1018	113
1994	Servants of the Paraclete, Inc. v. Great American Insurance	866 F. Supp. 1560	85
1994	Martinez v. Albuquerque Collection Services, Inc.	867 F. Supp. 1495	33
1994	Jemez Agency, Inc. v. Cigna Corp.	866 F. Supp. 1340	28
1994	Servants of the Paraclete, Inc. v. Great American Insurance	857 F. Supp. 822	28
1992	Matter of Doe	801 F. Supp. 478	25
1995	La Compania Ocho, Inc. v. United States Forest Service	874 F. Supp. 1242	24
1992	Yeitrakis v. Schering-Plough Corp.	804 F. Supp. 238	21
1982	Worthen Bank & Trust Co. v. Cook (In Re Cook)	26 B.R. 187	20
1994	Schwartzman, Inc. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.	857 F. Supp. 838	19
1987	Armijo Ex Rel. Saulsberry v. Ex Cam, Inc.	656 F. Supp. 771	19
1988	Duran v. Carruthers	678 F. Supp. 839	18
1994	United States Ex Rel. Fine v. Mk-Ferguson	861 F. Supp. 1544	17
1987	MacGillivray v. Lederle Laboratories Division, American Cyanimid Co.	667 F. Supp. 743	17
1986	United States v. Abeyta	632 F. Supp. 1301	16

Showing the 15 most-cited of 53 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 Juan Guerrero Burciaga?: President Jimmy Carter appointed Juan Guerrero Burciaga to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in 1979.
Was Juan Guerrero Burciaga appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Juan Guerrero Burciaga was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Juan Guerrero Burciaga's confirmation vote?: Juan Guerrero Burciaga was confirmed by voice vote on October 31, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Juan Guerrero Burciaga on?: Juan Guerrero Burciaga was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.

Sources

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15 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).