Carolyn Dineen King
How Judge King rules, drawn from 33 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge King
Carolyn Dineen King is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter, Judge King received a commission on July 13, 1979. Judge King assumed senior status on December 31, 2013.
Judge King's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge King's own (checked October 11, 2026), so the court's local rules and general orders are the place to look (court page ↗).
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 11, 2026).
How Judge King decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
At the pleading stage, the alleged scale of a product substitution scheme could support an individual injury without a precise percentage of mislabeled items.
“At the pleading stage, McCain need not allege the proportion of misbranded fish at Mahoney’s; McCain only needs to show that fish substitution ‘was sufficiently widespread so as to plausibly affect any given [fish entrée.]’”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“We conclude that the district court properly found that the parolee was entitled to relief for a procedural due process violation, but we also conclude that the officers who conducted the preliminary parole revocation hearing should receive absolute immunity. Thus we partially affirm and partially reverse the district court’s judgment.”
“Finding the district court in error on this point, we reverse and remand.”
“This court then granted a certificate of appealability on one claim: that King's trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective in presenting the case for King's innocence. We agree with the district court that this claim fails on its merits, and thus we AFFIRM.”
“By reason of an equally divided en banc court, ... court is AFFIRMED.”
“AEDPA’s demanding standard of review thus requires us to defer to the TCCA’s decision, and we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.”
“Finding no reversible error in the district court’s proceedings, we AFFIRM.”
“Because Smith cannot prove that Hawkins was subjected to intentional discrimination, the district court correctly granted summary judgment to Harris County, and we AFFIRM.”
“We conclude, however, that Louisiana’s one-year period for delictual actions applies and that Babin’s claim is time-barred. As a result, we AFFIRM.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.”
“We REVERSE the district court’s summary judgment decisions and REMAND with instructions to grant summary judgment in favor of Knight and to dismiss CSA’s infringement claim. Additionally, because CSA’s claim now fails as a matter of law, we VACATE the district court’s grant of injunctive relief.”
“For the foregoing reasons, we DISMISS Oliver’s interlocutory appeal. The case is REMANDED for further proceedings.”
“Finding no reversible error in the district court’s proceedings, we AFFIRM.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Circuit judges do not manage an assigned federal trial docket in their appellate role. King had no prior judicial service before joining the Fifth Circuit.
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