James Arthur Beaty Jr. (born June 28, 1949) is a former 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.
James A. Beaty Jr.
North Carolina Middle District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Born 1949 in Whitmire, SC
FJC ID: 132
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 3/year
North Carolina Middle District Court · 1994–2018
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
- African American
Prior employment
- Forsyth County [North Carolina] Superior CourtJudge · 1981–1994
- Private practice, Winston-Salem, North Carolina1974–1981
Appointments
1994–2018 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
J.D. · 1974- Western Carolina UniversityB.A. · 1971