Margaret Strickland
2021 - Present
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Margaret Strickland is a judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. Strickland was nominated to the court by President Joe Biden (D) on April 19, 2021, and was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 21, 2021, by a vote of 52-45.[1][2] To see a full list of judges appointed by Joe Biden, click here.
The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico is one of 94 U.S. District Courts. They are the general trial courts of the United States federal courts. To learn more about the court, click here.
Prior to her nomination, Strickland was a partner with McGraw & Strickland LLC in Las Cruces, New Mexico.[2]
Judicial nominations and appointments
United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (2021-present)
- See also: Federal judges nominated by Joe Biden
On April 19, 2021, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Strickland to the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. She was confirmed by a 52-45 vote of the U.S. Senate on September 21, 2021. Strickland received commission on October 22, 2021.[1] To read more about the federal nominations process, click here.
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Margaret Strickland |
| Court: United States District Court for the District of New Mexico |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 155 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: April 19, 2021
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| ABA Rating: Majority well qualified/minority qualified
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| Questionnaire: Questionnaire |
| Hearing: May 26, 2021
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: June 24, 2021
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| Confirmed: September 21, 2021
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| Vote: 52-45
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Confirmation vote
The U.S. Senate confirmed Strickland on September 21, 2021, on a vote of 52-45.[1] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website, click here.
| Strickland confirmation vote (September 21, 2021) | |||||||||
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| Party | Yea | Nay | No vote | ||||||
 Democratic |
47 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
 Republican |
3 | 45 | 2 | ||||||
 Independent |
2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 52 | 45 | 3 | ||||||
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on Strickland's nomination on May 26, 2021. The committee voted to advance Strickland's nomination to the full Senate on June 24, 2021.
Nomination
On March 30, 2021, President Joe Biden (D) announced his intent to nominate Strickland to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. The president officially nominated Strickland on April 19.[1][2]
Strickland was nominated to replace Judge Robert Brack, who assumed senior status on July 25, 2018.[3]
The American Bar Association rated Strickland Well Qualified by a majority and Qualified by a minority.[4] To read more about ABA ratings, click here.
Biography
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Strickland earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2003. She earned a J.D. from the New York University School of Law in 2006.[2]
Professional career
- 2021-present: Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
- 2011-2021: Partner, McGraw & Strickland LLC, Las Cruces, New Mexico
- 2017-2019: President of the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- 2006-2011: Law Offices of the Public Defender for the State of New Mexico[2]
About the court
| District of New Mexico |
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| Tenth Circuit |
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| Judgeships |
| Posts: 7 |
| Judges: 7 |
| Vacancies: 0 |
| Judges |
| Chief: William P. Johnson |
| Active judges: James O. Browning, Matthew Garcia, Kenneth John Gonzales, David Herrera Urias, William P. Johnson, Kea Riggs, Margaret Strickland Senior judges: |
The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico is one of 94 United States district courts. The district operates out of courtrooms in Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, and Roswell, N.M. When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit based in downtown Denver, Colorado at the Byron White Federal Courthouse.
The District of New Mexico has original jurisdiction over cases filed within its jurisdiction. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.
The jurisdiction of the District of New Mexico consists of all the counties in the state of New Mexico.
Court is held in Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Roswell, Santa Fe, and Silver City.
To read opinions published by this court, click here.
The federal nomination process
Federal judges are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. There are multiple steps to the process:
- The president nominates an individual for a judicial seat.
- The nominee fills out a questionnaire and is reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing with the nominee, questioning them about things like their judicial philosophy, past rulings or opinions, etc.
- As part of this process, the committee sends a blue slip to senators from the home state in which the judicial nomination was received, allowing them to express their approval or disapproval of the nominee.
- After the hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve or return the nominee.
- If approved, the nominee is voted on by the full Senate.
- If the Committee votes to return the nominee to the president, the president has the opportunity to re-nominate the individual.
- The Senate holds a vote on the candidate.
- If the Senate confirms the nomination, the nominee receives a commission to serve a lifelong position as a federal judge.
- If the Senate does not confirm the nomination, that nominee does not become a judge.
See also
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Congress.gov, "PN396 — Margaret Irene Strickland — The Judiciary," accessed May 26, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 The White House, "President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate 11 Judicial Candidates," March 30, 2021
- ↑ Las Cruces Sun News, "Biden nominates Las Cruces attorney Margaret Strickland for US District Court judge," March 30, 2021
- ↑ American Bar Association, "RATINGS OF ARTICLE III AND ARTICLE IV JUDICIAL NOMINEES 117TH CONGRESS," last updated June 22, 2021
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United States District Court for the District of New Mexico 2021-Present |
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| Commissioned in 2024 |
John Kazen • John Russell • Margaret Garnett • Cristal Brisco • Jacquelyn Austin • Gretchen Hess Lund • Micah Smith • Joshua Kolar • Karoline Mehalchick • Kirk Sherriff • Lisa Wang • David Leibowitz • Jacqueline Becerra • Julie Sneed • Melissa Damian • Kelly H. Rankin • Nicole Berner • Sunil Harjani • Leon Schydlower • Ernesto Gonzalez • Susan Bazis • Robert White • Ann Marie McIff Allen • Eumi Lee • Krissa Lanham • Eric Schulte • Camela Theeler • Angela Martinez • Jasmine Yoon • Nancy Maldonado • Meredith Vacca • Georgia Alexakis • Joseph Saporito • Amy Baggio • Stacey Neumann | ||
| Commissioned in 2023 |
Kai Scott • Tamika Montgomery-Reeves • Margaret R. Guzman • Daniel Calabretta • Matthew Garcia • DeAndrea G. Benjamin • Cindy Chung • Adrienne Nelson • Lindsay Jenkins • Gina Méndez-Miró • Araceli Martínez-Olguín • Jamar Walker • Ana Reyes • Jamal Whitehead • Gordon Gallagher • Matthew Brookman• Maria Araujo Kahn• James Simmons • Robert Ballou• Andrew Schopler • Jonathan Grey• Colleen Lawless • Arun Subramanian • Jessica Clarke • Robert Kirsch • Michael Farbiarz • Anthony Johnstone • Orelia Merchant • Wesley Hsu • Bradley Garcia • LaShonda A. Hunt • Nancy Gbana Abudu • Amanda Brailsford • Darrel Papillion • Jeremy Daniel • Hernan D. Vera • Julie Rikelman • Nusrat Choudhury • P. Casey Pitts • Myong Joun • Kymberly Evanson • Tiffany Cartwright • Rachel Bloomekatz • Natasha Merle • Dale Ho • Philip Hadji • Rita Lin • Brendan Hurson • Vernon D. Oliver • Matthew Maddox • Julia Munley • Brandy McMillion • Susan DeClercq • Julia Kobick • Ramon Reyes, Jr. • Ana de Alba • Kenly Kiya Kato • Mónica Ramírez Almadani • Jeffrey M. Bryan • Jamel Semper • Irma Ramirez • Richard Federico • Loren AliKhan • Brandon Long • Jerry Edwards Jr.• Sara Hill • Joseph Laroski | ||
| Commissioned in 2022 | David Herrera Urias • Gabriel Sanchez • Holly Thomas • Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong • David Ruiz • Charles Fleming • Bridget Brennan • Leonard Stark • Alison J. Nathan • John Chun • Julie Rubin • Jacqueline Scott Corley • Ruth Bermudez Montenegro • Victoria Calvert • Georgette Castner • Anne Traum • Cristina Silva • Ketanji Brown Jackson (Supreme Court) • Sarah Geraghty • Hector Gonzalez • Fred Slaughter • Jennifer Rochon • Robert Huie • Sunshine S. Sykes • Stephanie Dawkins Davis • Evelyn Padin • Sherilyn P. Garnett • Ana de Alba • J. Michelle Childs • Trina Thompson • Elizabeth Hanes • Nancy Maldonado • Nina Morrison • Gregory Williams • John Z. Lee • Sal Mendoza, Jr. • Lara Montecalvo • Florence Pan • Andre Mathis • Sarah A.L. Merriam • Jennifer Rearden • Roopali Desai • María Antongiorgi-Jordán • Camille Vélez-Rivé • Doris Pryor • Frances Kay Behm • Dana Douglas • Mia Roberts Perez • Anne Nardacci • Jeffery P. Hopkins | ||
| Commissioned in 2021 |
Ketanji Brown Jackson • Zahid Quraishi • Julien Xavier Neals • Deborah Boardman • Regina Rodriguez • Candace Jackson-Akiwumi • Lydia Kay Griggsby • Tiffany Cunningham • Eunice Lee • Angel Kelley • Florence Pan • Veronica Rossman • David G. Estudillo • Sarah A.L. Merriam • Gustavo Gelpí • Christine O'Hearn • Margaret Strickland • Karen McGlashan Williams • Patricia Tolliver Giles • Toby Heytens • Michael Nachmanoff • Sarala Nagala • Beth Robinson • Omar A. Williams • Myrna Pérez • Jia Cobb • Tana Lin • Lauren King • Lucy H. Koh • Jennifer Sung • Samantha Elliott • Katherine Menendez • Mary Dimke • Linda Lopez • Shalina Kumar • Jane Beckering • Jinsook Ohta • Jennifer L. Thurston • Stephen Locher • Charlotte Sweeney • Nina Nin-Yuen Wang • Arianna Freeman • Jerry Blackwell | ||
