James A. Beaty, Jr.
| James A. Beaty Jr. | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina | |
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Assumed office June 30, 2014 |
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| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina | |
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In office 2006–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Norwood Carlton Tilley Jr. |
| Succeeded by | William Lindsay Osteen Jr. |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina | |
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In office October 11, 1994 – June 30, 2014 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Richard Erwin |
| Succeeded by | Loretta Copeland Biggs |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
James A. Beaty Jr. June 28, 1949 Whitmire, South Carolina |
| Education |
Western Carolina University (B.A.) University of North Carolina School of Law (J.D.) |
James A. Beaty Jr. (born June 28, 1949) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, and a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Beaty was born in Whitmire, South Carolina. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Carolina University in 1971 and a Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1974. He entered private practice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1974, and in 1981 he became a judge of the Superior Court of Forsyth County, North Carolina, a position he held until 1994.
On August 25, 1994, President Bill Clinton nominated Beaty to fill a vacancy on the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina created by the retirement of Judge Richard C. Erwin. The United States Senate unanimously confirmed Beaty in a voice vote on October 7, 1994. Beaty became chief judge of that court in 2006. He is based in Winston-Salem. He assumed senior status on June 30, 2014.
On December 24, 1995 President Clinton nominated Beaty to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to fill the vacancy created by the decision by Judge James Dickson Phillips Jr. to take senior status. Almost immediately, Beaty's nomination ran into opposition from North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms, who was angry that Clinton after taking office had refused to renominate Helms' preferred candidate, Terrence Boyle. President George H. W. Bush had nominated Boyle to a Fourth Circuit seat in 1991, but the Senate never acted on the nomination, and the nomination lapsed with the end of Bush's presidency.
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