Julie Elizabeth Carnes
How Judge Carnes rules, drawn from 21 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Carnes left this court for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Carnes
Julie E. Carnes was a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Appointed by President George H.W. Bush, Judge Carnes received a commission on February 10, 1992. Judge Carnes left the court on July 31, 2014 on appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
How Judge Carnes decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Brit UW v. Hallister Property Development, Carnes held that Hallister's two-year delay in reporting an accident was unreasonable and unsupported by a legally sufficient justification, barring coverage.
“Hallister’s two-year delay in notifying plaintiffs of the Baerwalde accident is unreasonable as a matter of law. Hallister has not provided any legally sufficient justification for the delay.”
Procedural preferences
In Abuhadba v. Gonzales, Carnes denied an agency-remand request without prejudice and allowed limited discovery into whether the FBI background check had been requested and received.
“the Court will give the plaintiff an opportunity to conduct some limited discovery to confirm the allegations of the CIS that the FBI background check has been requested and that it has not yet been received.”
She denied summary judgment without prejudice when discovery remained incomplete and the contract evidence itself created a factual dispute over which entity was liable.
“Defendants cannot claim that there are no disputed material facts when it is not even clear exactly what the facts are.”
Cautions
In American General Life & Accident Insurance v. Ward, Carnes struck a handwriting expert’s report because it did not explain the variables or testing behind his method well enough to evaluate its reliability.
“Pittman’s lack of specificity makes it difficult to evaluate his methodology, but suggests that his report is not reliable.”
In PharMerica v. Healthprime, she awarded motion costs after incomplete discovery responses and warned these defendants that continued noncompliance could lead to their answers being struck and default entered.
“Should defendants continue to be uncooperative, the Court will consider striking defendants' answers and then entering a default against them.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Court GRANTS plaintiffs Motion For Interlocu *1368 tory Appeal [37-1].”
“The Court also GRANTS plaintiffs Motion for a Stay [37— 1]”
“the Court DENIES Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss [10].”
“the Court DENIES defendants’ Motion to Dismiss [10].”
“the Court DENIES plaintiffs’ Motion to Amend the Complaint to Join an Additional Party Defendant [35]”
“DENIES plaintiffs’ Motion to Stay Pretrial Order and All Other Matters Pending [36]”
“DENIES defendant’s Motion to Exclude Plaintiffs’ Report of Mike Wardingley and Any Testimony Thereon [37]”
“GRANTS defendant’s Motions in Limine [43] as unopposed”
“DENIES plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Authority in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment [45].”
“the Court GRANTS defendants’ Motions to Exceed Page Limits [58] and [71]”
“GRANTS plaintiffs Motion to Dismiss Defendants’ Amended Fraud and RICO Claims [54]”
“DENIES defendants’ Motions to Supplement [60] and [61]”
“GRANTS plaintiffs Motion to Strike Marcus Pittman’s Expert Report [70]”
“GRANTS defendant’s Motion for Leave to Revise Pittman’s Expert Report [75] and [76].”
“the Court DENIES defendant Fulton County School District’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim [5]”
“GRANTS in part and DENIES in part the Individual School District Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim and for More Definite Statement [7]”
“GRANTS plaintiffs’ First Motion to Amend Complaint [8]”
“DENIES defendant Fulton County School District’s Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint [11]”
“GRANTS in part and DENIES in part the Individual School District Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint [12]”
“GRANTS defendants’ Motion for Leave to File Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to Amend [13]”
“GRANTS plaintiffs’ Second Motion to Amend Complaint [14].”
“Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss [2] is GRANTED.”
“the Court GRANTS defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Complaint with Prejudice [5].”
“Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment [19-1] is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.”
“the Court GRANTS plaintiffs Motion to Remand [16]”
“DENIES as moot defendant’s motion to dismiss [2]”
“The Court REVERSES the bankruptcy court’s decision to reopen the case and REMANDS the case.”
“defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment [79] is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The fixed sample includes four prisoner civil-rights matters and one habeas case, plus trademark, copyright, employment, contract, and civil-forfeiture matters. All ten terminated; only one retained a substantive signer-attributed order.
A historical record
Judge Carnes left this court for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.