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American judge (born 1965)
Kea Lynn Whetzal Riggs (born 1965) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico .
Education
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Riggs was born in Midwest City, Oklahoma . She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma and her Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma College of Law .[1]
Career
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Riggs worked in private practice with Sanders, Bruin, Coll, & Worley in Roswell, New Mexico , and served the State of New Mexico as a senior trial prosecutor, children's court attorney, and Assistant District Attorney.[1]
State court service
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She was appointed a judge of the Fifth Judicial District Court of New Mexico by Governor Susana Martinez on August 8, 2014.[1] [2]
Federal judicial service
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Magistrate judge
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Riggs served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico , a position she was appointed to on April 13, 2001, and left on August 8, 2014, upon becoming a state district judge.[3] [4]
District court
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On May 3, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Riggs to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico . On May 13, 2019, her nomination was sent to the Senate to the seat vacated by Judge Christina Armijo , who assumed senior status on February 7, 2018.[5] Senate Judiciary Committee .[6] voice vote .[7] United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 92–1 vote.[8] [9] [10] Bobby Baldock later that day.[11]
Academics
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She was an adjunct professor at Eastern New Mexico State University–Roswell from 2001 to 2002, 2008 to 2009, and 2012 to 2014. She was adjunct professor at New Mexico Highlands University–Roswell from 2006 to 2009 and again in 2011.[11]
Personal life
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She is married to Stanton Riggs, also an attorney. They have two children.[3]
References
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^ a b "NMMI" (PDF) . cub.nmmi.edu . Retrieved July 21, 2022 .
^ "Magistrate Judges District of New Mexico" . Tenth Circuit Historical Society . Retrieved May 4, 2019 .
^ "Twelve Nominations Sent to the Senate – The White House" . trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov . Retrieved July 21, 2022 .
^ "Nominations | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary" . www.judiciary.senate.gov . June 26, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2022 .
^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – July 18, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee" (PDF) . Retrieved July 21, 2022 .
^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kea Whetzal Riggs to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Mexico)" . www.senate.gov . Retrieved December 19, 2019 .
^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Kea Whetzal Riggs, of New Mexico, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Mexico)" . www.senate.gov . Retrieved December 19, 2019 .
^ Kea W. Riggs at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges Federal Judicial Center .
^ a b "Judge Kea Riggs Fills a Vacancy on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico" . www.nmd.uscourts.gov . Albuquerque, New Mexico : United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. December 31, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2020 .
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