Aaron Thompson at a glance
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- Magistrate Judge
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Aaron Thompson
Magistrate Judge · Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 6
Biography
Professional career
- In 2026, Thompson is running for Sixth Judicial District Judge in a race against incumbent Judge Cody Brower
- Aaron N. Thompson is a magistrate judge for the Idaho Sixth Judicial District, appointed in 2018, with over 26 years of legal experience in civil, criminal, and appellate cases
- Before his judicial appointment, Thompson was a partner at May, Rammell & Thompson, Chtd. from 2000 to 2018.
- More than two decades of civil and criminal legal experience in the Sixth District; former partner at May, Rammell & Thompson Chtd., from 2000
- Aaron N. Thompson is a magistrate judge in Idaho’s Sixth Judicial District, serving Bannock County
- Aaron N. Thompson serves as a magistrate judge for the Sixth Judicial District, which includes Bannock, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida, and Power counties
Education
- University of Wyoming College of Law — J.D. (2000)
- Ball State University — B.S. (1997)
Additional information
- 2026 election: candidate for District Court, Sixth District, Caribou Seat A; challenged Cody Brower in May primary.
- Appointed by the District Magistrate Commission on February 14, 2018.
- His campaign emphasizes improving access to justice, efficiency, and fairness in the district’s courts
- The district covers Bannock, Bear Lake, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida and Power counties.
- Licensed in Idaho, the US District Court for Idaho and US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
- Overview reports Brower 56.29%, Thompson 43.71%.
- Campaign themes: judicial experience, leadership, efficient and fair court processes, work in Mental Health Court and Idaho Supreme Court committees.
- Overview describes him as an active magistrate.
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Exhibits
Statewide
Idaho's statewide electronic-filing rule generally requires text-searchable PDF or PDF/A submissions and a 50 MB per-document limit; scanned-image attachments and exhibits may use standard PDF and are not rejected for the usual text-searchability format requirement.
A document ... submitted electronically to the court must be in the form of a text-searchable Portable Document Format (PDF) or a text-searchable Portable Document Format/A (PDF/A) file ... and not exceed 50 megabytes. A document that is an attachment or exhibit ... may be in standard PDF format and need not be text searchable.Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6 ↗
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6
Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 6
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Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-07-27Sources
Identity source checked July 27, 2026.
Biography sources checked July 27, 2026.
Idaho Supreme Court official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · Source checked July 27, 2026
View Idaho Supreme Court official judicial roster ↗Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6
Statewide source · HTML · Source checked July 27, 2026
View Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6 ↗current_membership
Current Membership source · HTML · Source checked October 4, 2026
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