Harry Lee Hudspeth
{{Short description|American judge (1935–2024)}}
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| office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
| term_start = June 30, 2001
| term_end = January 31, 2016
| office1 = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
| term_start1 = 1992
| term_end1 = 1999
| predecessor1 = Lucius Desha Bunton III
| successor1 = James Robertson Nowlin
| office2 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
| term_start2 = November 27, 1979
| term_end2 = June 30, 2001
| appointer2 = Jimmy Carter
| predecessor2 = Adrian Anthony Spears
| successor2 = Alia Moses
| office3 = Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
| term_start3 = 1977
| term_end3 = 1979
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|12|28}}
| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|4|7|1935|12|28}}
| death_place = Austin, Texas, U.S.
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| education = University of Texas at Austin (AB, JD)
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| branch = {{flag|United States Marine Corps}} Reserve
| serviceyears = 1958–1959
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Harry Lee Hudspeth (December 28, 1935 – April 7, 2024) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.{{cite book |author1=W. Stuart Dornette |author2=Robert R. Cross |title=Federal Judiciary Almanac |publisher=Wiley |page=946 |access-date=}}
Education and career
Born in Dallas, Texas, Hudspeth received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1955 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law in 1958. While a student at UT, he was a member of the Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity and the Friar Society.{{cite book|title=The Cactus|year=1956|publisher=University of Texas|location=Austin, TX|page=187}} He was a corporal in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1958 to 1959. He was a trial attorney of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. from 1959 to 1962, and was then an Assistant United States Attorney of the Western District of Texas from 1962 to 1969. He was in private practice in El Paso, Texas from 1969 to 1977. From 1977 to 1979, he was a United States Magistrate for the Western District of Texas.{{FJC Bio|1109|nid=1382476|name=Harry Lee Hudspeth}}
Federal judicial service
On October 11, 1979, Hudspeth was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas vacated by Judge Adrian Anthony Spears. Hudspeth was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 26, 1979, and received his commission on November 27, 1979. He served as Chief Judge from 1992 to 1999. He assumed senior status on June 30, 2001. He retired from active service on January 31, 2016.
Death
Hudspeth died in Austin, Texas on April 7, 2024, at the age of 88.[https://eu.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2024/04/10/former-el-paso-federal-judge-harry-lee-hudspeth-dies/73274768007/ Former El Paso federal judge Harry Lee Hudspeth dies] El Paso Times
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- {{FJC Bio|1109|nid=1382476|name=Harry Lee Hudspeth}}
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Category:United States magistrate judges
Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
Category:United States district court judges appointed by Jimmy Carter
Category:United States Marines
Category:University of Texas at Austin alumni
Category:University of Texas School of Law alumni
Category:Assistant United States attorneys