--- title: "Joi Elizabeth Peake | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joi-elizabeth-peake-north-carolina-us-magistrate" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Joi Elizabeth Peake U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina · U.S. Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina - State: North Carolina - Role: U.S. Magistrate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-29 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - U.S. Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, appointed on February 5, 2012, and serving until 2028 - Law Clerk, U.S. District Court - Middle District of North Carolina, 2004–2012-02 (to James A. Beaty, Jr.) - She then entered private practice before returning in 2004 as a career law clerk for Judge Beaty - The decision, supported by the NAACP, League of Women Voters, ACLU, and the U.S. Department of Justice, required the legislators to make the records public, with some exceptions for attorney–client privilege ### Education ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, M.D. North Carolina, 2012-present - February 5, 2012, by the judges of the Middle District of North Carolina (Appointed). - J.D. — Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — 1998 - B.A. — Furman Univ. — 1994 — Political Science - Practitioner, Smith Moore Leatherwood - After law school, Peake clerked for Hon. - Magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, a federal court that handles a wide range of civil and criminal cases in the state. - Listed among the court’s current judges alongside other district and magistrate judges ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=31) - [Official roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=31) - [U.S. Courts judicial profile or roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=31) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9361/joi-elizabeth-peake/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9361/joi-elizabeth-peake/) - [BR/MAG Judge Database: Joi Elizabeth Nies Peake](https://legaldatalab.law.virginia.edu/brmag-judges/brmag-judges.json) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9361/joi-elizabeth-peake/) - [BR/MAG Judge Database: Joi Elizabeth Nies Peake](https://legaldatalab.law.virginia.edu/brmag-judges/brmag-judges.json) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joi-elizabeth-peake-north-carolina-us-magistrate", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joi-elizabeth-peake-north-carolina-us-magistrate", "name": "Joi Elizabeth Peake | KnowJudges", "description": "Joi Elizabeth Peake, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.