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PRESS >FIRST=BERNAN TITLE=BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY, 1789-2000 ISBN=9780890592588, | birth_place = Rocky, Oklahoma, U.S.| death_date =| spouse = Mary Jane HoltConfirmation hearings on federal appointments : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, on confirmation hearings on appointments to the federal judiciary and the Department of Justice. 4.J 89/2:S.hrg.98-372/ pt.1 (1983)| children =New Mexico Military InstituteUniversity of Arizona College of Law>University of Arizona (JD)| footnotes =| branch = New Mexico National Guard| serviceyears = 1960–1970}}Bobby Ray Baldock (born January 24, 1936) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He was previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

Early life and education

Baldock was born in Rocky, Oklahoma and graduated from New Mexico Military Institute in 1956. He received a Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1960.

Career

Baldock was a Captain and Adjutant General Staff in the New Mexico National Guard from 1960 to 1970. He also operated a private legal practice in Roswell, New Mexico from 1960 to 1983. He was an adjunct professor at Eastern New Mexico University–Roswell from 1962 to 1981.WEB,weblink Baldock, Bobby Ray - Federal Judicial Center, www.fjc.gov,

Federal judicial service

Baldock was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on May 2, 1983, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico vacated by Judge Edwin L. Mechem. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 6, 1983, and received his commission on June 7, 1983. Baldock's service was terminated on January 24, 1986, due to elevation to the court of appeals.Baldock was nominated by President Reagan on October 7, 1985, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit vacated by Judge Oliver Seth. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 16, 1985, and received his commission on December 17, 1985. He assumed senior status on January 26, 2001.

See also

• List of United States federal judges by longevity of service

Notes

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References

• {{FJC Bio|82|nid=1377376|name=Bobby Ray Baldock}}

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