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Eagles, Catherine Caldwell
Born 1958 in Memphis, TN
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Nominated by Barack Obama on March 10, 2010, to a seat vacated by Norwood Carlton Tilley, Jr. Confirmed by the Senate on December 16, 2010, and received commission on December 22, 2010. Served as chief judge, 2023-present.
Education:
Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College), B.A., 1979
George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1982
Professional Career:
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Nominated by Barack Obama on March 10, 2010, to a seat vacated by Norwood Carlton Tilley, Jr. Confirmed by the Senate on December 16, 2010, and received commission on December 22, 2010. Served as chief judge, 2023-present.
Education:
Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College), B.A., 1979
George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1982
Professional Career:
Staff law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1982-1983
Law clerk, Hon. J. Smith Henley, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1983-1984
Private practice, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1984-1993
Resident judge, North Carolina Superior Court, 1993-2010; senior resident judge, 2006-2010