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Edward Earl Carnes

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Senior status since June 30, 2020.

Confirmed 62 to 36Confirmed from the official record
Appointed by
George H.W. Bush
Nominated
January 27, 1992
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
April 1, 1992
Committee action
Reported (favorably), May 7, 1992
Senate vote
Recorded vote, 62 to 36
Confirmed
September 9, 1992
Commissioned
September 10, 1992
Senior status
Since June 30, 2020
American Bar Association rating
Qualified

Born 1950, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.

Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.

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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it

  • Assistant attorney general, State of Alabama, 1975-1992; chief, Capital Punishment Post-Conviction Litigation Division, 1981-1992
  • Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2013-2020

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