Timothy Carroll Batten Sr. (born 1960) is the
Chief Judge of the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Education and career
Born in
Atlanta, Georgia, Batten received a
Bachelor of Science degree ''summa cum laude'' in
industrial management
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from
Georgia Institute of Technology
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in 1981, and a
Juris Doctor
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from the
University of Georgia School of Law in 1984. He practiced with the firm of Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint in Atlanta from 1984 to 2006.
Federal judicial service
On September 28, 2005, Batten was nominated by President
George W. Bush to a seat on the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Batten was confirmed by the
United States Senate on March 6, 2006, and received his commission on March 28, 2006.
On November 25, 2020, Judge Batten was assigned ''
Pearson v. Kemp'', a lawsuit filed by pro-Trump attorney
Sidney Powell alleging fraud in the
2020 presidential election. The case was dismissed from the bench by Batten on December 7, 2020.
He became the Chief Judge on May 8, 2021, after
Thomas W. Thrash Jr. took
senior status.
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Living people
Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush
21st-century American judges
Georgia Tech alumni
People from Atlanta
1960 births