Walter Raleigh Ely, Jr. (June 24, 1913 – October 9, 1984) was a United States federal judge.
Born in Baird, Callahan County, Texas, Ely received an A.B. from the University of Texas, Austin in 1935 and an LL.B. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1935. He was in private practice in Abilene, Texas from 1935 to 1938. He was an Assistant state attorney general of Texas from 1939 to 1941. He was a U.S. Marine Corps from 1941 to 1944. He was in private practice in Los Angeles, California from 1945 to 1964. He received an LL.M. from the University of Southern California Law School in 1949.
Ely was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Ely was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on June 5, 1964, to a seat vacated by Oliver Deveta Hamlin, Jr.. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 1, 1964, and received his commission on July 2, 1964. He assumed senior status on October 31, 1979. Ely served in that capacity until October 9, 1984, due to his death.