Bobby Ray Baldock (born January 24, 1936) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He was previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 89/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 1,520/year
New Mexico District Court · 1983–1986New Mexico District Court · 1983–1986Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1985–2001
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Roswell, New Mexico1960–1983
- Eastern New Mexico UniversityAdjunct professor · 1962–1981
- adjutant general staffNew Mexico National Guard captain · 1960–1970
Appointments
1985–2001 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1983–1986 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- University of Arizona College of Law (now James E. Rogers College of Law)J.D. · 1960
- New Mexico Military Institute1956