Philip Ray Martinez (July 13, 1957 – February 26, 2021) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 3/year
Texas Western District Court · 2002–2021
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
- Hispanic
Prior employment
- El Paso County [Texas] Three Hundred and Twenty-Seventh District CourtJudge · 1991–2002
- El Paso County [Texas] Court at Law Number OneJudge · 1991–1994
- Private practice, El Paso, Texas1982–1990
Appointments
2002–2021 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1982- University of Texas at El PasoB.A. · 1979