Julie E. Carnes | |
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Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |
Assumed office June 18, 2018 | |
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |
In office July 31,2014 –June 18,2018 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | James Larry Edmondson |
Succeeded by | Britt Grant |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | |
In office January 1,2009 –July 31,2014 | |
Preceded by | Jack Tarpley Camp Jr. |
Succeeded by | Thomas W. Thrash Jr. |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | |
In office February 10,1992 –July 31,2014 | |
Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Robert H. Hall |
Succeeded by | Michael Lawrence Brown |
Member of the United States Sentencing Commission | |
In office 1990–1996 [1] | |
Personal details | |
Born | Julie Elizabeth Carnes October 31,1950 Atlanta,Georgia |
Education | University of Georgia (BA,JD) |
Julie Elizabeth Carnes (born October 31,1950) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Born in Atlanta,Georgia,Carnes is the daughter of Georgia state court judge Charles Carnes. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Georgia in 1972 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1975. She was a law clerk to Judge Lewis Render Morgan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1975 to 1977.
Carnes was an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia,from 1978 to 1990 and was Appellate Chief of the Criminal Division from 1987 to 1989. She was a member of the U.S. Attorney General's Advisory Committee on Sentencing Guidelines from 1988 to 1990 and was a Special Counsel to the U.S. Sentencing Commission in 1989 and a Commissioner on the U.S. Sentencing Commission from 1990 to 1996.
On August 1,1991,Carnes was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by Robert H. Hall. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 6,1992 and received her commission on February 10,1992. [2] From 2009 to 2014 she served as chief judge. Her service as a district court judge was terminated on July 31,2014 when she was elevated to the court of appeals. [2]
On December 19,2013,President Barack Obama nominated Carnes to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that was vacated by Judge James Larry Edmondson,who assumed senior status on July 15,2012. [3] She received a hearing before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on May 13,2014. [4] On June 19,2014,her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote. [5] On July 16,2014,Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed a cloture motion on Carnes' nomination. On July 17,2014,the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 68–23 vote. [6] On July 21,2014,her nomination was confirmed by a 94–0 vote. [7] She received her judicial commission on July 31,2014. [2] She assumed senior status on June 18,2018. [2]
Carnes is unrelated to Edward Earl Carnes,with whom she serves on the Eleventh Circuit.
Julie Carnes was the judge in a lawsuit related to the homicide of JonBenét Ramsey. An early suspect in JonBenét's murder,Chris Wolf,sued JonBenét's parents,John and Patsy Ramsey,for slander. In their book,The Death of Innocence,John and Patsy Ramsey had mentioned a few suspects in their daughter's death,including Chris Wolf. Wolf sued the Ramseys for defamation,using gadfly attorney Darnay Hoffman to represent him. In his suit,Wolf contended that the Ramseys themselves were responsible for JonBenét's death,and were therefore guilty of slander by portraying him as a suspect.
In the view of Judge Carnes,the case hinged largely on the question of whether JonBenét Ramsey's death was an inside job,as Wolf claimed,or the work of an intruder,as maintained by JonBenét's parents.
In a decisive ruling,Judge Carnes concluded that "abundant evidence" showed that the murder was committed by an intruder,and that the Ramseys were innocent of any involvement. Carnes dismissed Wolf's lawsuit in summary judgment. [8] [9]
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