Matthew Kacsmaryk
Matthew Kacsmaryk at the Senate Judiciary Committee's nomination hearing on December 13, 2017.
  • Matthew Kacsmaryk is a Texas federal judge who was nominated by Donald Trump in 2017.
  • Since his confirmation, the judge has handed several cases in favor of conservative causes.
  • Kacsmaryk is presiding over a lawsuit that seeks to reverse the FDA approval of an abortion pill.

Matthew Kacsmaryk, 45, is a federal judge for the Amarillo division of the Northern District of Texas and is presiding over a lawsuit that seeks to ban an FDA-approved abortion pill — a decision that could have nationwide implications for the drug's availability.