Fortunato Benavides
2012 - Present
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Fortuanto Pedro Benavides is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. He joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Mission, Texas, Benavides graduated from the University of Houston with his B.B.A. in 1968 and from the University of Houston Law Center with his J.D. in 1972.[1]
Professional career
- 1993-1994: Private practice, McAllen, Texas
- 1993: Visiting judge, Supreme Court of Texas
- 1991-1992: Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
- 1984-1991: Judge, Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals
- 1981-1984: Judge, Texas District 92
- 1980-1981: Private practice, McAllen, Texas
- 1977-1979: Judge, Hidalgo County Court-at-Law #2
- 1972-1977: Private practice, McAllen, Texas[1]
Judicial career
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Fortunato P. Benavides |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 99 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: January 27, 1994
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| ABA Rating: Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: March 25, 1994
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: May 5, 1994
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| Confirmed: May 6, 1994
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Benavides was nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 27, 1994, to a seat vacated by Judge Thomas Gee. The American Bar Association rated Benavides Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Well Qualified for the nomination.[2] Hearings on Benavides' nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 25, 1994, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on May 5, 1994. Benavides was confirmed on a voice vote of the United States Senate on May 6, 1994, and he received his commission on May 9, 1994. Benavides assumed senior status on February 3, 2012.[1][3] He was succeeded in this position by Judge Gregg Costa.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed September 12, 2016
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 103rd Congress," accessed September 12, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 1039 — Fortunato P. Benavides — The Judiciary," accessed September 12, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Thomas Gee |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1994-2012 |
Succeeded by: Gregg Costa
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
