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{{Short description|American judge (born 1953)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|12|25}}<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=T69GezSs4nAC&pg=PA1078 108-1 Hearings: Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments, S. Hrg. 108-135, Part 3]</ref>

| birth_place = [[Medina, New York]], U.S.

| education = [[Binghamton University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[St. Mary's University School of Law]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])

'''Kathleen Cardone''' (born December 25, 1953) is a [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Western District of Texas]].

Cardone was born in [[Medina, New York]]. She graduated from [[Binghamton University]] with her [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1976 and later from the [[St. Mary's University School of Law]] where she earned her [[Juris Doctor]] in 1979.<ref name="FJCBio">{{FJC Bio|nid=1391926|inline=yes}}</ref>

Cardone started her legal career as a [[legal brief|briefing]] attorney for Magistrate Judge Philip A. Schraub, a [[U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas]]. She held that role from 1979 to 1980. She was in private practice in [[Texas]] from 1980 to 1990. She was a judge on the Municipal Court for the City of [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]] from 1983 to 1990. She was an Associate judge for the Family Law Court of Texas from 1990 to 1995. She was a judge on the 383rd Judicial District Court of Texas from 1995 to 1996. Cardone worked as an Attorney/mediator for Texas Arbitration Mediation Services from 1997 to 1999. She was an Instructor (part-time) at [[El Paso Community College]] from 1997 to 2003. She was a judge on the 388th Judicial District Court of Texas from 1999 to 2000. She was a Mediator, Texas Arbitration Mediation Services from 2001 to 2003. She was a Visiting judge, State of Texas from 2001 to 2003.

==Federal judicial career==

In 2003, Cardone was nominated to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas by President [[George W. Bush]] on May 1, 2003, to a new seat created by 116 Stat. 1758. Cardone was confirmed by the [[United States Senate|Senate]] on July 28, 2003. She received her commission the next day.<ref name="FJCBio" />

In 2015, Cardone was appointed by Chief Justice [[John Roberts]] to chair a committee to review implementation of the 1964 Criminal Justice Act. The 2017 report released by the committee has since come to be known as the "Cardone Report."<ref>{{cite web |title=2017 REPORT OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT |url=https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2017_report_of_the_ad_hoc_committee_to_review_the_criminal_justice_act-revised_2811.9.17.29_0.pdf}}</ref>

In August 2021, Cardone issued a temporary [[injunction]] in the case ''U.S. vs Texas and Greg Abbott'' against an executive order by [[List of governors of Texas|Texas Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]] to have Texas state troopers stop vehicles suspected of carrying [[illegal immigrants]], who might be infected with [[COVID-19]].<ref>Chamberlain, Samuel. [https://nypost.com/2021/08/04/federal-judge-kathleen-cardone-blocks-texas-immigration-stop-order/ Federal judge blocks Texas immigrant stop order from taking effect], ''[[New York Post]]'', August 4, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1142280/gov.uscourts.txwd.1142280.18.0_2.pdf U.S. vs Texas and Greg Abbott], Case No. EP-21-CV-173-KC, U.S. Dist Ct for Western Texas, August 3, 3021.</ref>

==See also==

*[[List of Hispanic and Latino American jurists]]

==References==

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*{{FJC Bio|nid=1391926}}

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