Diana Saldaña

Diana S. Saldaña (born 1971) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.

Biography Saldaña was born in Carrizo Springs, Texas to Blanca Hernandez Rodriguez, a single mother. Beginning at the age of 10 and continuing through law school, Saldaña spent summers with her family as a seasonal farmworker in Minnesota and North Dakota. She then attended the University of Texas School of Law, where she was president of the Chicano/Hispanic Law Students Association.

Federal judicial service In 2006, Saldaña was selected to serve as a United States magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. On July 14, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Saldaña to replace George P. Kazen, for whom she previously clerked. On February 7, 2011, her nomination was confirmed by the Senate by a 94–0 vote. She received her commission on February 9, 2011.