Santiago E. Campos | |
Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico |
Term Start: | December 26, 1992 |
Term End: | January 20, 2001 |
Office1: | Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico |
Term Start1: | 1987 |
Term End1: | 1989 |
Predecessor1: | Howard C. Bratton |
Successor1: | Juan Guerrero Burciaga |
Office2: | Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico |
Term Start2: | July 12, 1978 |
Term End2: | December 26, 1992 |
Appointer2: | Jimmy Carter |
Predecessor2: | Harry Vearle Payne |
Successor2: | Martha Vázquez |
Birth Name: | Santiago Eloy Campos[1] |
Birth Date: | 25 December 1926 |
Birth Place: | Santa Rosa, New Mexico |
Death Place: | Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Education: | University of New Mexico School of Law (JD) |
Santiago Eloy Campos (December 25, 1926 – January 20, 2001) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.
Born in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, Campos received a Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1953. He was a seaman in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1944 to 1946. He was an assistant and first assistant state attorney general of New Mexico from 1955 to 1957. He was in private practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1957 to 1970, becoming a District judge of New Mexico's First Judicial District from 1971 to 1978.
On June 2, 1978, Campos was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico vacated by Judge Harry Vearle Payne. Campos was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 10, 1978, and received his commission on July 12, 1978. He served as Chief Judge from 1987 to 1989, assuming senior status on December 26, 1992, and serving in that capacity until his death of cancer, in Santa Fe. The Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse was renamed in his honor in 2004.[2]