Who appointed Judith C. Herrera?

President George W. Bush appointed Judith C. Herrera to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in 2004.

Was Judith C. Herrera appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Judith C. Herrera was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Judith C. Herrera's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Judith C. Herrera 93–0 on June 3, 2004.

District of New Mexico / Appointed 2004 / Senior status since 2019

Judith C. Herrera

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2004 and confirmed by the Senate 93–0, Judith C. Herrera is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. She earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1979. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1954 · age 72
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2004
Confirmed: 93–0
Education: University of New Mexico 1976 · Georgetown Law Center 1979
Succeeded: James Aubrey Parker
Succeeded by: Matthew Lane Garcia

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2004	District of New Mexico succeeded James Aubrey Parker	G.W. Bush (R)	93–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 93–0 on June 3, 2004 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 110. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 93

42 D, 50 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 7

6 D, 1 R

Education

University of New Mexico	B.A.	1976
Georgetown University Law Center	J.D.	1979

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Herrera was assigned 1,404 district-court cases (2002–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 267 days across 1,307 closed cases.

Other civil matters22%

Civil rights20%

Personal-injury torts12%

Contract10%

Prisoner & habeas9%

Criminal8%

Other19%

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 137 of Herrera’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 121 were affirmed, 8 reversed or vacated, and 8 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, Herrera authored 10 published opinions for the court (2006–2011). Most cited: United States v. Quaintance (8 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
2006	United States v. Quaintance	471 F. Supp. 2d 1153	8
2008	Chavez v. City of Albuquerque	640 F. Supp. 2d 1340	7
2008	Progressive Northwestern Insurance v. Weed Warrior Services	588 F. Supp. 2d 1281	6
2011	Los Alamos Study Group v. United States Department of Energy	794 F. Supp. 2d 1216	4
2008	San Juan Citizens Alliance v. Norton	586 F. Supp. 2d 1270	4
2009	Lucero v. NEW MEXICO LOTTERY	685 F. Supp. 2d 1165	2
2008	Slusser v. Vantage Builders, Inc.	576 F. Supp. 2d 1207	2
2009	Rizzi v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance	613 F. Supp. 2d 1234	0
2009	United States v. Sommerstedt	610 F. Supp. 2d 1311	0
2008	Hook v. Regents of the University of California	576 F. Supp. 2d 1223	0

Showing the 10 most-cited of 10 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 Judith C. Herrera?: President George W. Bush appointed Judith C. Herrera to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in 2004.
Was Judith C. Herrera appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Judith C. Herrera was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Judith C. Herrera's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Judith C. Herrera 93–0 on June 3, 2004.
Which court is Judith C. Herrera on?: Judith C. Herrera is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.

Sources

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22 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).