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Catherine Caldwell Eagles

Catherine Caldwell Eagles

North Carolina Middle District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Born 1958 in Memphis, TN

FJC ID: 3336

Catherine Diane Caldwell Eagles (born August 30, 1958) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina and a former Superior Court judge in Guilford County, North Carolina. She is the first female judge to serve in the Middle District.

Gender
Female
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. North Carolina Superior Court
    Resident judge · 1993–2010
    • senior resident judge · 2006–2010
  2. Private practice, Greensboro, North Carolina
    1984–1993
  3. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
    Law clerk , Hon. J. Smith Henley · 1983–1984
  4. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
    Staff law clerk · 1982–1983

Appointments

  1. North Carolina Middle District Court
    2010–2024 · Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)

Education

  1. George Washington University Law School
  2. Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College)
    B.A. · 1979