Curtis LeRoy Hansen

Curtis LeRoy Hansen (born April 18, 1933) is an inactive Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

Curtis LeRoy Hansen
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (Inactive)
Incumbent
Assumed office April 18, 2003
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
In office October 2, 1992 – April 18, 2003
Appointed by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089
Succeeded by	James O. Browning
Personal details
Born	Curtis LeRoy Hansen April 18, 1933 Audubon County, Iowa
Education	University of Iowa (BS) University of New Mexico School of Law (JD)

Education and career

Hansen was born in Audubon County, Iowa. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Iowa in 1956. He moved to Albuquerque to work at Sandia National Laboratories on the nuclear weapons project. Hansen received a Juris Doctor from University of New Mexico School of Law in 1961. He was the first editor-in-chief of the Natural Resources Journal. He was a law clerk for the Judge Irwin S. Moise of the New Mexico Supreme Court from 1961 to 1962. He was in private practice of law in Albuquerque, New Mexico from 1962 to 1992.[1]

Federal judicial service

Hansen was nominated by President George H. W. Bush on March 20, 1992, to the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 25, 1992, and received his commission on October 2, 1992. He assumed senior status on April 18, 2003.[1]

References

1. "Hansen, Curtis LeRoy - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.

Sources

• Curtis LeRoy Hansen at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Leroy C. Hansen, interview with State Bar of New Mexico.
• Senior District Judge, District of New Mexico Website.