James G. Carr | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | |
Assumed office June 1, 2010 | |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | |
In office December 21,2004 –June 1,2010 | |
Preceded by | Paul Ramon Matia |
Succeeded by | Solomon Oliver Jr. |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | |
In office May 9,1994 –June 1,2010 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Richard B. McQuade Jr. |
Succeeded by | Jeffrey J. Helmick |
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | |
In office 1979–1994 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Boston,Massachusetts,U.S. [1] | November 14,1940
Education | Kenyon College (BA) Harvard University (LLB) |
James Gray Carr (born November 14,1940) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Carr was born in Boston. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kenyon College in 1962,and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1969. He was in private practice of law in Chicago,Illinois from 1966 to 1968. He was a staff attorney of the Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation from 1968 to 1970. He was then an adjunct professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law (Illinois Institute of Technology) in 1969,and at Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 1970. He was an associate professor at the University of Toledo College of Law from 1970 to 1979. While he was a professor,Carr was also an assistant prosecutor at the Lucas County Prosecutor's Office in Ohio from 1972 to 1973. [2]
Carr was a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1979,becoming the first full-time magistrate judge in Toledo. [3] On January 27,1994,he was nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio by President Bill Clinton to a seat vacated by Judge Richard B. McQuade,Jr. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 6,1994,and received his commission on May 9. On May 19,2002,Chief Justice William Rehnquist appointed Carr to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Carr served as chief judge of the District Court from December 21,2004 to June 1,2010. His term on the FISA Court expired in 2008. [2] [4]
In April 2017,Carr ruled that Ohio could not fine railroad companies for blocking roads. [5]
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