Who appointed Julie E. Carnes?

President Barack Obama appointed Julie E. Carnes to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in 2014.

Was Julie E. Carnes appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Julie E. Carnes was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Julie E. Carnes's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Julie E. Carnes 94–0 on July 21, 2014.

Eleventh Circuit / Appointed 2014 / Senior status since 2018

Julie E. Carnes

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2014 and confirmed by the Senate 94–0, Julie E. Carnes is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She earned a law degree from University of Georgia School of Law in 1975. She previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1950 · age 76
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2014
Confirmed: 94–0
Education: University of Georgia 1972 · University of Georgia Law 1975
Succeeded: James Larry Edmondson
Succeeded by: Britt Cagle Grant

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1992	Northern District of Georgia succeeded Robert Howell Hall	G.H.W. Bush (R)	Voice vote
2014	Eleventh Circuit succeeded James Larry Edmondson	Obama (D)	94–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 94–0 on July 21, 2014 · 113th Congress, Roll Call 233. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 94

49 D, 43 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 6

4 D, 2 R

Education

University of Georgia	B.A.	1972
University of Georgia School of Law	J.D.	1975

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Carnes was assigned 6,304 district-court cases (1985–2014). Median time from filing to termination: 175 days across 6,304 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas25%

Civil rights21%

Contract12%

Personal-injury torts10%

Other federal statutes6%

Real property5%

Other22%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

On appeal

Of 138 of Carnes’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 126 were affirmed, 8 reversed or vacated, and 4 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, Carnes authored 117 published opinions for the court (1992–2011). Most cited: Grayson v. K-Mart Corp. (86 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1994	Grayson v. K-Mart Corp.	849 F. Supp. 785	86
1996	CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Georgia Public Service Commission	944 F. Supp. 1573	83
2001	Hudson v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.	209 F. Supp. 2d 1301	78
2002	Fahim v. Ashcroft	227 F. Supp. 2d 1359	34
1998	Gainor v. Douglas County, Georgia	59 F. Supp. 2d 1259	29
1992	Helms v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	808 F. Supp. 1568	28
1996	McCollough v. Atlanta Beverage Co.	929 F. Supp. 1489	25
2002	Benton v. Cousins Properties, Inc.	230 F. Supp. 2d 1351	24
1993	Burnett v. Stagner Hotel Courts, Inc.	821 F. Supp. 678	21
1993	Infodek, Inc. v. Meredith-Webb Printing Co., Inc.	830 F. Supp. 614	19
2002	Hackett v. Fulton County School District	238 F. Supp. 2d 1330	17
2004	Byrom v. Delta Family Care-Disability & Survivorship Plan	343 F. Supp. 2d 1163	16
2004	Gilbert v. Monaco Coach Corp.	352 F. Supp. 2d 1323	16
1993	United States v. Windward Properties, Inc.	821 F. Supp. 690	16
1994	Atakpa v. Perimeter Ob-Gyn Associates, P.C.	912 F. Supp. 1566	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 117 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Julie E. Carnes?: President Barack Obama appointed Julie E. Carnes to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in 2014.
Was Julie E. Carnes appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Julie E. Carnes was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Julie E. Carnes's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Julie E. Carnes 94–0 on July 21, 2014.
Which court is Julie E. Carnes on?: Julie E. Carnes is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Sources

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12 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).