| Catherine Caldwell Eagles | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office December 22, 2010 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | N. Carlton Tilley |
| Judge of the Superior Court of North Carolina | |
| In office 1993–2010 |
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| Appointed by | Jim Hunt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 Memphis, Tennessee |
| Alma mater | Rhodes College (B.A.) George Washington University Law School (J.D.) |
Catherine Caldwell Eagles (born 1958) is a 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.
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Eagles was born Catherine Diane Caldwell in Memphis, Tennessee in 1958.[1] She graduated from Rhodes College in 1979 with a bachelor's degree.[1] In 1982 she earned a law degree from George Washington University.[1]
After law school, Eagles served as a staff law clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and as a clerk to judge J. Smith Henley.[1]
After her clerkship, Eagles worked for 12 years as an associate and partner at Smith, Helms, Mullis & Moore in Greensboro, North Carolina.[1] In 1993 she was appointed to a seat as a resident superior court judge based in Greensboro.[2] She was elected to serve the remainder of the term in 1994 and re-elected in 1996 and 2004 to eight-year terms.[2] In 2006 she became the senior resident superior court judge in Guilford County.[2]
On March 10, 2010 President Barack Obama nominated Eagles to a seat in the Middle District of North Carolina that came open when N. Carlton Tilley assumed senior status. Eagles had a hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 16, 2010 and her nomination was reported to the full Senate on May 6, 2010. The Senate approved her nomination on December 16, 2010, during the lame duck session of the 111th Congress.[3][4]