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General Information

1100 Commerce Street
Room 1520
Dallas, Texas 75242-1003

Courtroom 1516

Chambers: 214-753-2333
Judicial Secretary: Debra Eubank
Courtroom Deputy: Pat Esquivel - 214-753-2336
Court Reporter: Pamela Wilson - 214-662-1557

Case Letter Designation: (D)

BIOGRAPHY
Birth: 1953
Year Service Began: 1986
Appointed by: President Ronald Reagan
Education: Baylor University 1975 BA, Baylor University School of Law 1976 JD
Legal Practice: Associate, Vinson & Elkins, Houston 1976 - 1978; Associate, Rain Harrell Emery Young & Doke 1978 - 1982
Judicial: Judge, 298th Judicial District, Dallas County, Texas 1982 - 1986
Current Memberships: Current Memberships: State Bar of Texas, Dallas Bar Association, Texas Bar Foundation (Life Fellow), Federal Judges Association, and District Judges Association of the Fifth Circuit.

 

Memorandum Opinion Orders

NOTE: As of April, 16 2005 all written opinions are available to the public as a service of PACER.

Case Number - Civil
Style
Document No.
Pages
Date Entered
In re Nary
12
29
10/13/00
Jones vs Bush
42
13
12/01/00
3:99-cv-2862
Jinks v. Advanced Protection Systems, Inc.
21
13
04/04/01
3:99-cv-1009
McKinney v. Texas Dept of Transportation
54
15
04/17/01
3:00-cv-1161
In Re Tomlin
22
7
09/07/01
3:00-cv-0913
Barrow v. Greenville IDS
112
8
09/18/01
Beall vs Cockrell
39
1
10/18/01
3:00-cv-2126
Dethrow v. Parkland
31
4
11/14/01
Federal Ins. Co. vs CompUSA
48
10
06/04/02
Bank One cs Euro-Alamo Investments, Inc.
29
6
01/08/02
3:01-cv-1516
Bank One v. Euro-Alamo Investments
29
6
01/18/02
Inre Wakefield
17
22
05/27/03
3:01-cv-2223
In re Piranha, Inc., Debtor
37
6
06/20/03
 
Case Number - Criminal
Style
Document No.
Pages
Date Entered
3:01-cr-264
USA vs Hernandez-Rodriguez
20
8
11/02/01
 
Case Number - Misc.
Style
Document No.
Pages
Date Entered
3:00-mc-101
In Re Paul F. McTighe, Jr.
10
7
02/13/01
3:02-mc-036
In Re Robert R. Wightman-Cervantes
18
11
11/14/02

NOTE: As of April, 16 2005 all written opinions are available to the public as a service of PACER.