Santiago Eloy Campos (December 25, 1926 – January 20, 2001) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.
Santiago E. Campos
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
Born 1926 in Santa Rosa, NM
Died 2001 in Santa Fe, NM
FJC ID: 369
Career output and lasting influence
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 10/year
New Mexico District Court · 1978–2001New Mexico District Court · 1978–2001
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
- Hispanic
Prior employment
Judge · 1971–1978- Private practice, Santa Fe, New Mexico1957–1970
State of New MexicoAssistant/first assistant attorney general · 1955–1957
U.S. Navy seaman1944–1946
Appointments
- 1978–2001 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1953