Reynaldo Garza | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
| In office July 7, 1982 – September 14, 2004 | |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
| In office July 13, 1979 – July 7, 1982 | |
| Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Homer Thornberry |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Higginbotham |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | |
| In office 1974–1979 | |
| Preceded by | Ben Clarkson Connally |
| Succeeded by | John Virgil Singleton Jr. |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | |
| In office April 14, 1961 – August 1, 1979 | |
| Appointed by | John F. Kennedy |
| Preceded by | James Burr V Allred |
| Succeeded by | Filemon Vela Sr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Reynaldo Guerra Garza July 7, 1915 Brownsville, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | September 14, 2004 (aged 89) Brownsville, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | Texas Southmost College (AA) University of Texas, Austin (BA, LLB) |
Reynaldo Guerra Garza (July 7, 1915 – September 14, 2004) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was the first Mexican-American appointed to a federal court when he was appointed as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and would later become the first Mexican-American, as well as the first Latin American, appointed to any circuit of the United States courts of appeals.