--- title: "Aida M. Delgado-Colón | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/aida-m-delgado-colon" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Aida M. Delgado-Colón U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico - State: Puerto Rico - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, D. Puerto Rico, 2006-present - Aida Milagros Delgado‐Colón is a United States district judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, appointed in 2006 and currently serving - Chief Judge of the District of Puerto Rico from 2011 to April 13, 2018 - Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico — appointed by President George W. Bush on October 25, 2005, to replace Salvador E. Casellas, confirmed by the Senate on March 6, 2006, and commissioned March 17, 2006 - U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico, 1993-2006 - Also an adjunct professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law (2003–2004) - Assistant federal public defender, District of Puerto Rico, 1982-1993 - Only the second female judge in the District of Puerto Rico ### Education ### Additional information - acting federal public defender, 1991-present - She has also held the role of a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States (2021–2023) - first assistant federal public defender, 1988-1993 - Before joining the federal judiciary, she worked in the Department of Labor and Human Resources of Puerto Rico (1980–1982) and served in various roles in the Office of the Public Defender for the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (1982–1993). - director of research and investigations, 1981-1982 - Department of Labor and Human Resources, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 1980-1982 - legal investigator, 1980-1981 - Born in 1955 in Lares, Puerto Rico, Delgado‐Colón earned her B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico in 1977 and her J.D. from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law in 1980 - Date of birth: 1955-01-01 - The second woman to serve on the District of Puerto Rico’s bench, after Carmen Consuelo Cerezo - held the role of Chief Judge for seven years - Birth place: Lares ## 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.fjc.gov/node/1392351) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392351) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392351) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/852/aida-m-delgado-colon/) - [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/852/aida-m-delgado-colon/) - [Wikidata: Aida Delgado-Colón](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4696631) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/aida-m-delgado-colon", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/aida-m-delgado-colon", "name": "Aida M. 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[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.