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'''Marcel Carroll Notzon, II (August 24, 1935 – April 4, 2018), was the second magistrate judge of the United States District court in his native [[Laredo]], [[Texas]].
{{Jnfobox officeholder
|name=Marcel Carroll Notzon, II
|birth_place=[[Laredo]], [[Texas]]
|birth_date=August 24, 1935
|death_place=Laredo, Texas
|death_date=April 4, 2018 (aged 82)
|spouse=Nora Lee Notzon<br>
Six children
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
}}
'''Marcel Carroll Notzon, II''' (August 24, 1935 – April 4, 2018), was the second magistrate judge of the United States District court in his native [[Laredo]], [[Texas]].
In 1982, District Judge George P. Kazen selected Notzon to fill the vacant magistrate judge position in the Laredo division of the Southern District of Texas. After twenty-four years in the position, Notzon retired in 2006. For eighteen of those years, he was the only federal magistrate in Laredo. Kazen described Notzon as "very passionate about the law but also very compassionate for the persons who appeared before him. Judge Notzon handled an extremely heavy criminal docket in the Laredo division and served without hesitation and with great distinction.”<ref name=lmt>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/Marcel-Notzon-former-U-S-magistrate-judge-dies-12806933.php|title=Marcel Notzon, former U.S.magistrate judge, dies|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|date=April 3, 2018|accessdate=April 5, 2018}}</ref>
In 1982, District Judge George P. Kazen selected Notzon to fill the vacant magistrate judge position in the Laredo division of the Southern District of Texas. After twenty-four years in the position, Notzon retired in 2006. For eighteen of those years, he was the only federal magistrate in Laredo. Kazen described Notzon as "very passionate about the law but also very compassionate for the persons who appeared before him. Judge Notzon handled an extremely heavy criminal docket in the Laredo division and served without hesitation and with great distinction.”<ref name=lmt>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/Marcel-Notzon-former-U-S-magistrate-judge-dies-12806933.php|title=Marcel Notzon, former U.S.magistrate judge, dies|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|date=April 3, 2018|accessdate=April 5, 2018}}</ref>
Attorney Craig Lawrence, who clerked for Notzon for fifteen years, recalled that the judge once received a standing ovation from more than twenty [[illegal alien]]s waiting to appear before him. Lawrence said that Notzon showed genuine interest in their lives and connected with them on a personal level: "Compassion was his hallmark. He expressed himself in a way that I haven't seen in anyone else. The most memorable thing about Judge Notzon is that he didn’t care who you were. He would treat everyone exactly the same. He had the ultimate respect for everybody. I’ve never seen that in any other jurist.”<ref name=lmt/>
Attorney Craig Lawrence, who clerked for Notzon for fifteen years, recalled that the judge once received a standing ovation from more than twenty [[illegal alien]]s waiting to appear before him. Lawrence said that Notzon showed genuine interest in their lives and connected with them on a personal level: "Compassion was his hallmark. He expressed himself in a way that I haven't seen in anyone else. The most memorable thing about Judge Notzon is that he didn’t care who you were. He would treat everyone exactly the same. He had the ultimate respect for everybody. I’ve never seen that in any other jurist.”<ref name=lmt/>
Judge Diana Saldaña, who succeeded Notzon as magistrate judge, litigated cases before him when she was a federal prosecutor. She said that to her knowledge "Everyone who appeared before him loved him and respected him. He believed very strongly in giving back to the community. We owe him a debt of gratitude for his public service.”<ref name=lmt/>
After a funeral mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Laredo on April 7, 2018, Notzon will be interred at Calvary Catholic Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/?action=obituaries.obit_view&CFID=e8cf9867-21d2-4925-a5a4-20275f815b06&CFTOKEN=0&o_id=4741088&fh_id=15266|title=Judge Notzon's obituary|accessdate=April 5, 2018}}</ref>
Saldaña said that to honor Notzon's memory the judges plan to place his portrait in the Laredo federal courthouse jury room.<ref name=lmt/>
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