Nicholas Jon Ganjei at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- Jurisdiction
- Texas · Federal
- Judicial service
- March 10, 2026–present
Nicholas Jon Ganjei
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
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AI abuse cases
1 caseAI-related ruling · June 23, 2026
Compania General de Combustibles S.A., et al. v. RGR Global Logistics, LLC, et al.
- Court response
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Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Ralph R. Erickson, U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, 2005-2007
- Professional Career: Chief counsel, U.S. Sen.
- Professional Career: Assistant U.S. attorney, District of New Mexico, 2008-2020
- Professional Career: Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Texas, 2020-2022; first assistant U.S. attorney, 2020-2021; acting U.S. attorney, 2021
- Professional Career: Counsel, Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice (on detail), 2018-2019
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Richard Allen Griffin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2007-2008
- Professional Career: Adjunct professor and lecturer, University of New Mexico, 2012-2018
- Professional Career: U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 2025-2026
- Professional Career: Adjunct professor, University of North Dakota School of Law, 2007
Education
- University of California · J.D., 2005
- American University · B.A., 2000
Courtroom rules and guidance
Civil Remote Testimony
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762105Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts