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In 1999, Arguello took a job at the [[University of Colorado system|University of Colorado]], but changed her mind before ever teaching a class, choosing instead to join the [[Colorado Attorney General]]'s office as a Deputy Attorney General, working alongside then-Attorney General [[Ken Salazar]] from 1999 until 2002.
In 1999, Arguello took a job at the [[University of Colorado system|University of Colorado]], but changed her mind before ever teaching a class, choosing instead to join the [[Colorado Attorney General]]'s office as a Deputy Attorney General, working alongside then-Attorney General [[Ken Salazar]] from 1999 until 2002.


==Tenth Circuit nomination under Clinton==
==Tenth Circuit nomination ==


On July 27, 2000, President Clinton nominated Arguello to the seat on the Tenth Circuit that opened up when [[John Carbone Porfilio]] took senior status.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_200007/ai_n19792260|title=FindArticles.com - CBSi}}</ref> (Arguello previously had been considered by Clinton for a nomination to a district-court seat.) Clinton previously had nominated [[James Lyons (lawyer)|James Lyons]] to the seat in September 1999, but withdrew Lyons' nomination in June 2000. Since Arguello was nominated after July 1, 2000, the unofficial start date of the [[Thurmond Rule]] during a presidential election year, no hearings were scheduled on her nomination, and the nomination was returned to Clinton at the end of his term. President George W. Bush chose not to renominate Arguello to the Tenth Circuit.
On July 27, 2000, [[President Clinton]] nominated Arguello to the seat on the Tenth Circuit that opened up when [[John Carbone Porfilio]] took senior status.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_200007/ai_n19792260|title=FindArticles.com - CBSi}}</ref> (Arguello previously had been considered by Clinton for a nomination to a district-court seat.) Clinton previously had nominated [[James Lyons (lawyer)|James Lyons]] to the seat in September 1999, but withdrew Lyons' nomination in June 2000. Since Arguello was nominated after July 1, 2000, the unofficial start date of the [[Thurmond Rule]] during a presidential election year, no hearings were scheduled on her nomination, and the nomination was returned to Clinton at the end of his term. President George W. Bush chose not to renominate Arguello to the Tenth Circuit.


Later, President George W. Bush nominated [[Timothy Tymkovich]] in 2001 to the Tenth Circuit seat to which Arguello had been originally nominated. Tymkovich won Senate confirmation two years later.
Later, President George W. Bush nominated [[Timothy Tymkovich]] in 2001 to the Tenth Circuit seat to which Arguello had been originally nominated. Tymkovich won Senate confirmation two years later.
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After leaving the Colorado Attorney General's office, Arguello joined the firm of Davis, Graham & Stubbs in [[Denver]] in 2003, and also served as a visiting professor at the [[University of Denver]]'s [[Sturm College of Law]] in 2003.<ref name="fjc.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/arguello-christine-m.|title=Arguello, Christine M. - Federal Judicial Center}}</ref> In April 2006, she took a leave of absence from Davis Graham to join the [[University of Colorado system|University of Colorado]] as its Managing Senior Associate University Counsel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dgslaw.com/attorneys/ReferenceDesk/PR_Arguello2006.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-06-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709020129/http://www.dgslaw.com/attorneys/ReferenceDesk/PR_Arguello2006.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-09 }}</ref> She held that job until she became a federal judge.<ref name="fjc.gov"/>
After leaving the Colorado Attorney General's office, Arguello joined the firm of Davis, Graham & Stubbs in [[Denver]] in 2003, and also served as a visiting professor at the [[University of Denver]]'s [[Sturm College of Law]] in 2003.<ref name="fjc.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/arguello-christine-m.|title=Arguello, Christine M. - Federal Judicial Center}}</ref> In April 2006, she took a leave of absence from Davis Graham to join the [[University of Colorado system|University of Colorado]] as its Managing Senior Associate University Counsel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dgslaw.com/attorneys/ReferenceDesk/PR_Arguello2006.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-06-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709020129/http://www.dgslaw.com/attorneys/ReferenceDesk/PR_Arguello2006.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-09 }}</ref> She held that job until she became a federal judge.<ref name="fjc.gov"/>


==Colorado district court nomination under Bush==
==Colorado district court nomination ==


On January 30, 2008, United States Senator [[Wayne Allard]] of Colorado submitted Arguello's name to the White House as part of a list of seven names for the president to consider nominating to three vacant U.S. District Court judgeships. On April 3, 2008, Senator [[Ken Salazar]] of Colorado (Arguello's old boss), included Arguello's name in a list of three names that Salazar was recommending that the president nominate.<ref name="rockymountainnews.com"/> Arguello's name was included as one of three that the two senators eventually jointly forwarded to the White House.<ref name="rockymountainnews.com"/> On May 17, 2008, a television station in Denver reported that the [[White House]] had accepted Arguello as a Colorado district court nominee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cbs4denver.com/local/Judgeships.white.house.2.726486.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518123005/http://cbs4denver.com/local/Judgeships.white.house.2.726486.html|title=cbs4denver.com - White House Moves On Colorado Judgeships<!-- Bot generated title -->|archivedate=May 18, 2008}}</ref> On July 10, 2008, Arguello was officially nominated by President [[George W. Bush]] to a vacancy on the [[United States District Court for the District of Colorado]] created by the retirement of Judge [[Walker David Miller]].<ref>https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/07/20080710-4.html Presidential nominations</ref> On September 9, 2008, she received a hearing before the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref name="rockymountainnews.com"/> She was voted out of committee two weeks later on September 25. The Senate confirmed Arguello to her district court seat in a voice vote on September 26, 2008. She received her commission on October 21, 2008, and her formal investiture ceremony took place on December 5, 2008.<ref name="rockymountainnews.com"/>
On January 30, 2008, United States Senator [[Wayne Allard]] of Colorado submitted Arguello's name to the White House as part of a list of seven names for the president to consider nominating to three vacant U.S. District Court judgeships. On April 3, 2008, Senator [[Ken Salazar]] of Colorado (Arguello's old boss), included Arguello's name in a list of three names that Salazar was recommending that the president nominate.<ref name="rockymountainnews.com"/> Arguello's name was included as one of three that the two senators eventually jointly forwarded to the White House.<ref name="rockymountainnews.com"/> On May 17, 2008, a television station in Denver reported that the [[White House]] had accepted Arguello as a Colorado district court nominee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cbs4denver.com/local/Judgeships.white.house.2.726486.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518123005/http://cbs4denver.com/local/Judgeships.white.house.2.726486.html|title=cbs4denver.com - White House Moves On Colorado Judgeships<!-- Bot generated title -->|archivedate=May 18, 2008}}</ref> On July 10, 2008, Arguello was officially nominated by President [[George W. Bush]] to a vacancy on the [[United States District Court for the District of Colorado]] created by the retirement of Judge [[Walker David Miller]].<ref>[https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/07/20080710-4.html Presidential nominations]</ref> On September 9, 2008, she received a hearing before the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref name="rockymountainnews.com"/> She was voted out of committee two weeks later on September 25. The Senate confirmed Arguello to her district court seat in a voice vote on September 26, 2008. She received her commission on October 21, 2008, and her formal investiture ceremony took place on December 5, 2008.<ref name="rockymountainnews.com"/>


==2009 U.S. Supreme Court vacancy==
==2009 U.S. Supreme Court vacancy==

Revision as of 06:16, 4 July 2021

Christine Arguello
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
Assumed office
October 21, 2008
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byWalker David Miller
Personal details
Born
Christine Marie Arguello[1]

(1955-07-15) July 15, 1955 (age 68)
Thatcher, Colorado
EducationUniversity of Colorado Boulder (BS)
Harvard Law School (JD)

Christine Marie Arguello (born July 15, 1955) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado and is a former Colorado state official. Previously, she was a nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2014.[1]

Background

Born in Thatcher, Colorado and raised in Buena Vista, Colorado, Arguello grew up the daughter of a railroad worker who housed his family for a time in a boxcar.[2] Arguello earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1977, becoming the first member of her family to graduate college, and then she earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1980.[2][3]

Arguello began her law career as an associate in private practice. She worked for Valdes-Fauli, Cobb & Petry in Miami, Florida from 1980 until 1985, when she joined Holland & Hart as a senior associate. Arguello was promoted to a partner at Holland & Hart in 1988.

In 1991, Arguello joined the University of Kansas School of Law as an associate professor. She was promoted to full professor in 1998.

In 1999, Arguello took a job at the University of Colorado, but changed her mind before ever teaching a class, choosing instead to join the Colorado Attorney General's office as a Deputy Attorney General, working alongside then-Attorney General Ken Salazar from 1999 until 2002.

Tenth Circuit nomination

On July 27, 2000, President Clinton nominated Arguello to the seat on the Tenth Circuit that opened up when John Carbone Porfilio took senior status.[4] (Arguello previously had been considered by Clinton for a nomination to a district-court seat.) Clinton previously had nominated James Lyons to the seat in September 1999, but withdrew Lyons' nomination in June 2000. Since Arguello was nominated after July 1, 2000, the unofficial start date of the Thurmond Rule during a presidential election year, no hearings were scheduled on her nomination, and the nomination was returned to Clinton at the end of his term. President George W. Bush chose not to renominate Arguello to the Tenth Circuit.

Later, President George W. Bush nominated Timothy Tymkovich in 2001 to the Tenth Circuit seat to which Arguello had been originally nominated. Tymkovich won Senate confirmation two years later.

Later work

After leaving the Colorado Attorney General's office, Arguello joined the firm of Davis, Graham & Stubbs in Denver in 2003, and also served as a visiting professor at the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law in 2003.[5] In April 2006, she took a leave of absence from Davis Graham to join the University of Colorado as its Managing Senior Associate University Counsel.[6] She held that job until she became a federal judge.[5]

Colorado district court nomination

On January 30, 2008, United States Senator Wayne Allard of Colorado submitted Arguello's name to the White House as part of a list of seven names for the president to consider nominating to three vacant U.S. District Court judgeships. On April 3, 2008, Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado (Arguello's old boss), included Arguello's name in a list of three names that Salazar was recommending that the president nominate.[2] Arguello's name was included as one of three that the two senators eventually jointly forwarded to the White House.[2] On May 17, 2008, a television station in Denver reported that the White House had accepted Arguello as a Colorado district court nominee.[7] On July 10, 2008, Arguello was officially nominated by President George W. Bush to a vacancy on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado created by the retirement of Judge Walker David Miller.[8] On September 9, 2008, she received a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[2] She was voted out of committee two weeks later on September 25. The Senate confirmed Arguello to her district court seat in a voice vote on September 26, 2008. She received her commission on October 21, 2008, and her formal investiture ceremony took place on December 5, 2008.[2]

2009 U.S. Supreme Court vacancy

On May 18, 2009, Arguello confirmed to a Denver television station that she had been approached by White House intermediaries one week earlier about being considered to fill a seat on the Supreme Court of the United States. "I said 'yes,'" she told the station. "I wouldn't have gone this far if I didn't think I could serve my country in this way."[9]

Decisions

On June 30, 2021, in Keith Sanderson v. US Center for SafeSport, she considered a motion by Keith Sanderson asserting that the United States Center for SafeSport and others should be enjoined from suspending him from eligibility to compete in the Tokyo Olympics in sport shooting on August 1-2, 2021, on the basis of a sexual misconduct complaint made against him to SafeSport.[10] She denied Sanderson's motion, writing that he and his attorney needed to serve all the defendants first before she would hand down a ruling.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Christine Marie Arguello". Colorado Women's Hall of Fame.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Rocky Mountain News".
  3. ^ "Office of University Counsel | University of Colorado System". Archived from the original on December 18, 2007.
  4. ^ "FindArticles.com - CBSi".
  5. ^ a b "Arguello, Christine M. - Federal Judicial Center".
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 9, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "cbs4denver.com - White House Moves On Colorado Judgeships". Archived from the original on May 18, 2008.
  8. ^ Presidential nominations
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 22, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ a b "5 things you need to know for Thursday, July 1". KOAA. July 1, 2021.

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