Edward Earl Carnes at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- September 10, 1992–present
Edward Earl Carnes
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- chief, Capital Punishment Post-Conviction Litigation Division, 1981-1992
- Assistant attorney general, State of Alabama, 1975-1992
Judicial service
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1992-present
- Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Education
- Harvard University · J.D., 1975
- University of Alabama
Personal record
Born 1950 · Albertville, AL
Courtroom rules and guidance
Appellate Oral Argument
In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation.
Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessaryFederal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/1378846CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/539/edward-earl-carnes/Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure