James Marshall Carter

James Marshall Carter (March 11, 1904 – November 18, 1979) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

Education and career Attorneys John C. Packard (center) and James M. Carter (left) with miner John Langan (right) in Los Angeles, 1936 Born on March 11, 1904, in Santa Barbara, California, Carter received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Pomona College in 1924. He attended Harvard Law School before he received a Juris Doctor from University of Southern California Law School in 1927. He was in private practice of law with John C. Packard in Los Angeles, California from 1928 to 1940. He was a teacher at the Police School of the Los Angeles Board of Education in California from 1934 to 1935. He was Director of the State Department of Motor Vehicles in Sacramento, California from 1940 to 1942. He was in private practice of law in Los Angeles in 1943. He was Chief Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of California from 1943 to 1946. He was United States Attorney for the Southern District of California from 1946 to 1949. During this time, he prosecuted Tomoya Kawakita for treason. The federal omnibus hearing was originated by U.S. District Judge James M. Carter in the Southern District of California and later influenced federal pretrial procedure.

Federal judicial service

Carter was nominated by President Harry S Truman on September 23, 1949, to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, to a new seat created by 63 Stat. 493. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 15, 1949, and received his commission on October 18, 1949. He served as Chief Judge from 1966 to 1967. His service was terminated on December 1, 1967, due to elevation to the Ninth Circuit.