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Julie Carnes
2018 - Present
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Julie E. Carnes is a federal judge on senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. She joined the court after a nomination from President Barack Obama and assumed senior status on June 18, 2018. Prior to her service on the Eleventh Circuit, she was a district judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.[1]
Early life and education
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Carnes earned her B.A. from the University of Georgia in 1972 and her J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1975.[1]
Professional career
- 1990-1996: Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission
- 1989: Special Counsel, U.S. Sentencing Commission
- 1988-1990: Member, U.S. Attorney General's advisory committee on sentencing guidelines
- 1978-1990: Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Georgia
- 1982-1990: Appellate chief, criminal division
- 1975-1977: Law Clerk, Hon. Lewis Morgan, United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit[1]
Judicial career
11th Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Julie Carnes |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 214 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: December 19, 2013
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: Questionnaire |
| Hearing: May 13, 2014
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| QFRs: QFRs (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: June 19, 2014
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| Confirmed: July 21, 2014
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| Vote: 94-0
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 Returned: January 3, 2014
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On December 19, 2013, Carnes was nominated by President Barack Obama to fill a vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit created when James L. Edmondson assumed senior status. The American Bar Association rated Carnes Unanimously Well Qualified.[2] Under Rule XXXI, paragraph six, of the standing rules of the U.S. Senate, Carnes' nomination was returned to the president. President Obama resubmitted the nomination on January 6, 2014. Hearings on Carnes' nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 13, 2014, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on June 19, 2014. Carnes was confirmed on a recorded 94-0 vote of the U.S. Senate on July 21, 2014, and she received her commission on July 31, 2014. She assumed senior status on June 18, 2018.[1][3][4]
On the confirmation
Senator Johnny Isakson spoke on the Senate floor about Carnes.
| “ | I feel very honored and appreciative for the confidence that the Senate has shown with its vote to confirm me. I remain very grateful to President Obama for nominating me to the Eleventh Circuit, and I cannot express how much the support of Georgia's two senators, Senator Chambliss and Senator Isakson, means to me. I was particularly touched that they spoke so glowingly and warmly about my father," Carnes continued. "He would have been so proud and excited to watch the senators cast their votes for his daughter. ... I really miss him today.[5] | ” |
| —Judge Julie Carnes, [6] | ||
Northern District of Georgia
Carnes was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on August 1, 1991, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by Robert Hall. The American Bar Association rated Carnes Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Not Qualified for the nomination.[7] Hearings on Carnes' nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 30, 1992, and her nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on February 6, 1992. Carnes was confirmed on the unanimous consent of the United States Senate on February 6, 1992, and she received her commission on February 10, 1992. Carnes served as chief judge of the court from 2009 to 2014. She resigned from the district court on July 31, 2014, upon her elevation to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.[1][8]
Noteworthy cases
District judge grants qualified immunity over strip searches (1999)
On September 29, 1999, Judge Julie Carnes of the Northern District of Georgia issued her opinion in Tiffany Thomas et al. v. Clayton County Board of Education. The case involved the legality of searches conducted by a public school teacher and a police officer incident to an attempt to locate a missing envelope containing $26. Though the school district determined that the searches were not strip searches, the police officer eventually was fired from his position. Parents of the children filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking monetary and injunctive relief. The defendants, including the teacher and the police officer, filed for summary judgment.
In her opinion, Judge Julie Carnes noted that the searches were unconstitutional because they were unreasonable, but she granted qualified immunity to the defendants, holding that the plaintiffs did not meet the burdens required under Supreme Court and Eleventh Circuit precedent to defeat the defendants' claims of qualified immunity.[9]
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
External links
- Judge Carnes' biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- Judge Carnes' biography from the Eleventh Circuit website
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 113th Congress," accessed December 27, 2013
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 1035 - Julie E. Carnes - The Judiciary," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 1187 - Julie E. Carnes - The Judiciary," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Daily Report, "Senate Confirms Julie Carnes to Eleventh Circuit by 94-0 Vote," July 21, 2014
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 102nd Congress," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 567 - Julie E. Carnes - The Judiciary," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Tiffany Thomas et al. v. Clayton County Board of Education, September 29, 1999
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: James L. Edmondson |
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 2014–2018 |
Succeeded by: Britt Grant |
| Preceded by: Robert Hall |
Northern District of Georgia 1992–2014 Seat #10 |
Succeeded by: Michael Brown
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| Active judges |
• William M. Ray, II (Georgia) • Eleanor L. Ross • Mark Howard Cohen • Leigh Martin May • Jean-Paul Boulee • Michael L. Brown (Georgia) • Steven Grimberg • Victoria Calvert • Sarah Geraghty • Tiffany Johnson (Georgia) | ||
| Senior judges |
Orinda Evans • Clarence Cooper • Richard Story • Willis Hunt • Charles Pannell • Steve C. Jones • Amy Totenberg • Thomas Thrash (Georgia) • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Alan Baverman • Walter E. Johnson • Russell G. Vineyard • Linda T. Walker • J. Clay Fuller • Justin Anand • John Larkins (Georgia) • Catherine Salinas • Christopher Bly • Regina Cannon • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Jack Camp • Marvin Shoob • Horace Ward • Owen Forrester • Beverly Martin • Charles Moye • William O'Kelley • Ernest Tidwell • Julie Carnes • Timothy Batten • William Duffey • Harold Murphy • Robert Vining • John Cochran Nicoll • John Erskine • Albert Henderson • Lewis Morgan • Frank Hull • James Hill (Federal judge) • Henry Kent McCay • William Truslow Newman • Samuel Hale Sibley • Emory Marvin Underwood • Maurice Andrews • Newell Edenfield • Richard Freeman • Robert Hall (Georgia) • Frank Hooper • William Sloan • Sidney Smith • Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Orinda Evans • Charles Moye • William O'Kelley • Ernest Tidwell • Timothy Batten • Robert Vining • Albert Henderson • Lewis Morgan • Maurice Andrews • Newell Edenfield • Frank Hooper • Sidney Smith • Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge) • Thomas Thrash (Georgia) • | ||
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
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