James Marshall Carter
How Judge Carter rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Carter no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Carter decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In bankruptcy enforcement, Carter treated repeated garnishments threatening employment as unusual circumstances supporting an injunction.
“We hold that this evidence of harassment reasonably constitutes ‘unusual circumstances’ sufficient to warrant an injunction of state proceedings.”
On consent searches, he credited findings supported by the full record and the trial judge's observation of witness demeanor.
“His finding of voluntary consent has substantial support in the evidence.”
Procedural preferences
Carter generally declined to address issues that had not been presented to the district court.
“Such questions were not raised in the district court”
He used mandamus when a stay improperly displaced a federal action capable of resolving all parties and issues.
“The federal proceedings should not have been stayed.”
Cautions
Carter resisted expanding plea colloquies to require an enumeration of every collateral consequence.
“The consequences of a plea are so numerous that’ a trial judge would have difficulty in enumerating all of them.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Accordingly, Ward’s conviction based upon refusal to submit to this invalid induction order is reversed.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Not applicable to this circuit-court record.
A historical record
Judge Carter no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.