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Nicholas Jon Ganjei
Active judge · U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Nicholas Jon Ganjei serves on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Appointed by Donald J. Trump and confirmed Feb 3, 2026 by a 51–45 Senate vote. ABA rating: Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Confirmed
- Feb 3, 2026
- Senate vote
- 51–45
- ABA rating
- Qualified
- Born
- 1979
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of TexasDonald J. Trump · Feb 3, 2026
Education
- American UniversityB.A., 2000
- University of California, Berkeley, School of LawJ.D., 2005
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Ralph R. Erickson, U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, 2005-2007; Adjunct professor, University of North Dakota School of Law, 2007; Law clerk, Hon. Richard Allen Griffin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2007-2008; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of New Mexico, 2008-2020; Adjunct professor and lecturer, University of New Mexico, 2012-2018; Counsel, Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice (on detail), 2018-2019; Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Texas, 2020-2022; first assistant U.S. attorney, 2020-2021; acting U.S. attorney, 2021; Chief counsel, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, 2022-2025; U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 2025-2026
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