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# Brent Whiting

Idaho District Court, Judicial District 3 · District Judge

## Profile

- Court: Idaho District Court, Judicial District 3
- State: Idaho
- Role: District Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- In October 2026, Judge Whiting rejected a defense motion to dismiss the case of Stacey Wondra, charged with first-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping, and destruction of evidence in the 2021 disappearance of five-year-old Michael “Monkey” Vaughan
- Judge Brent L. Whiting is a judge of the 3rd Judicial District Court of Idaho, appointed by Governor Brad Little on December 28, 2021 to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Judge George Southworth
- Judicial law clerk to Judge Stephen S. Trott, Ninth Circuit, until 2003
- Attorney, Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey, from 2003
- Appointed district judge by Gov

### Education

- University of Montana Alexander Blewett III School of Law — J.D. (2002)
- in political science, Idaho State University — B.A. (1997)

### Additional information

- Brad Little, December 28, 2021, succeeding George Southworth
- The judge found these statements could support participation in the kidnapping while it was underway, satisfying the felony-murder element

## 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

### electronic exhibit format

Scope: 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.

Evidence excerpt: 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](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs)
Source checked: 2026-07-27


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory)
- [Official roster](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory)
- [Idaho Supreme Court official judicial roster](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory)
- [Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs)
- [current_membership](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-0c38e11cda2478da65cd7ff5) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs). Collected 2026-07-27.