C. Ashley Royal

Charles Ashley Royal (born 1949) is a Senior United States federal judge.

Born in Augusta, Georgia, Royal received an A.B. from the University of Georgia in 1971, a J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1974, and a M.S. from the University of Georgia in 1976. He was an assistant district attorney in the District Attorney's Office, Augusta Judicial Circuit, Georgia from 1974 to 1975. He was in private practice in Georgia in 1976, and was a public defender in Glynn County, Georgia from 1976 to 1977, returning to private practice from 1977 to 2001.

On October 9, 2001, Royal was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia vacated by Duross Fitzpatrick. Royal was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 20, 2001, and received his commission on December 21, 2001. He served as chief judge from 2009 to 2014. He assumed senior status on September 1, 2016.

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Preceded by Duross Fitzpatrick	Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia 2001–2016	Vacant

Current senior district judges of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

M. Alabama	Thompson Albritton

N. Alabama	Hancock Propst Acker Blackburn Smith Johnson

S. Alabama	Butler Granade

M. Florida	Hodges Castagna Sharp Fawsett Schlesinger Conway Adams Bucklew Lazzara Antoon Steele Moody Presnell

N. Florida	Stafford Paul Vinson Collier Mickle Smoak Hinkle

S. Florida	King Hoeveler Gonzalez Ryskamp Graham Hurley Gold Seitz Huck Cohn

M. Georgia	Sands Lawson Royal

N. Georgia	O'Kelley Evans Shoob Vining Cooper Hunt Pannell

S. Georgia	Bowen

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