Ricardo Martinez

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1 Early Life and Education
2 Legal Career
3 Federal Judicial Career
4 Notable cases
- 4.1 Glacier Northwest case
5 External Links
6 References

Ricardo Martinez is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. He joined the court in 2004 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.

Early Life and Education

Born in Mercedes, Texas, Martinez graduated from the University of Washington with his Bachelor's Degree in 1975 and later from the University of Washington School of Law with his Juris Doctor degree in 1980.^[1]

Legal Career

Martinez began his legal career as an Assistant Prosecutor for the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office from 1980 to 1990 before becoming Superior Court Judge in the King County, Washington Superior Court from 1990 to 1998.^[1]

Federal Judicial Career

Martinez was nominated to the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington by President George W. Bush on October 14, 2003 to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089, which was approved by Congress. Martinez was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 15, 2004 on a majority vote and received commission on June 16, 2004. ^[2].

Notable cases

Glacier Northwest case

On August 13, 2009, Judge Martinez ruled against Glacier Northwest as the judge halted construction on a new pier project in Washington State was deemed controversial.

The judge found in his ruling that federal agencies did not enforce environmental laws when giving Glacier Northwest the permit to build the pier. The project is halted until federal agencies investigate the environmental impact towards chinook salmon and southern resident orcas which are on the federal endangered species list^[3].

External Links

Judge Ricardo Martinez Bio FJC

References

	v • d • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
Active judges	Chief judge: Lasnik • Jones • Leighton • Martinez • Pechman • Robart • Robstein • Settle
Senior judges	Burgess • Bryan • Coughenour • Dimmick • McGovern • Zilly
Magistrate judges	Chief magistrate judge: Arnold • Brett • Christel • Creatura • Donohue • Strombom • Theiler • Tsuchida • Weinberg
Former judges	Beeks • Black • Boldt • Bowen • Cushman • Donworth • Dwyer • Goodwin • Hanford • Howard • Leavy • Lindberg • Neterer • Sharp • Tanner • Voorhees

	v • d • e Federal judges nominated by George W. Bush
2001	Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey
2002	Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Ludlum • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson
2003	Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel
2004	Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson
2005	Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary
2006	Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton
2007	Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu
2008	Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White