Charles Ashley Royal (born September 14, 1949) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
C. Ashley Royal
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
Born 1949 in Augusta, GA
FJC ID: 2913
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 21/year
Georgia Middle District Court · 2001–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Georgia1976, 1977–2001
- Glynn County, GeorgiaPublic defender · 1976–1977
- Augusta Judicial Circuit, GeorgiaAssistant district attorney · 1974–1975
Appointments
2001–2016 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
- University of GeorgiaM.S. · 1976
J.D. · 1974- University of GeorgiaA.B. · 1971