| Samuel Ray Cummings | |
| Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas |
| Term Start: | December 31, 2014 |
| Office1: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas |
| Term Start1: | December 9, 1987 |
| Term End1: | December 31, 2014 |
| Appointer1: | Ronald Reagan |
| Predecessor1: | Halbert Owen Woodward |
| Successor1: | James Wesley Hendrix |
| Birth Name: | Samuel Ray Commings |
| Birth Date: | 18 October 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Lubbock, Texas, U.S. |
| Education: | Baylor University (JD) |
Samuel Ray Cummings (born October 18, 1944)[1] is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Cummings was born in Lubbock, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas Tech University in 1967 and a Juris Doctor from Baylor Law School in 1970. He was in private practice in Amarillo, Texas from 1970 to 1987.
On July 31, 1987, Cummings was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated by Judge Halbert Owen Woodward. Cummings was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 8, 1987, and received his commission on December 9, 1987. He assumed senior status on December 31, 2014.
On November 16, 2016, Cummings issued a permanent nationwide injunction blocking President Barack Obama's "Persuader Rule", finding, that its attempt to require an employer's attorney to publicly disclose advise provided to persuade against unionization violated the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.[2]