Salvador Mendoza Jr. (born November 30, 1971) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington and former Washington state judge. On January 16, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Mendoza to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, to the seat vacated by Judge Lonny R. Suko, who took senior status on November 1, 2013. Mendoza received his judicial commission on June 19, 2014.