--- title: "Brian Stacy Miller | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brian-stacy-miller" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Brian Stacy Miller U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - State: Arkansas - 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, E.D. Arkansas, 2008-present - United States district judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, appointed by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate in 2008 - Judge, Arkansas Court of Appeals, 2007-2008 - Deputy prosecutor, Phillips County, AR, 2000-2006 - Deputy prosecuting attorney, Phillips County, AR (2000–2006) - Position: Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas ### Education - Vanderbilt University — J.D. (1995) - University of Central Arkansas — B.S. (1992) - A.A. — Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas — 1990 - University of Central Arkansas — B.A. - Vanderbilt University Law School ### Additional information - U.S. Naval Reserve, 1984-present - Commissioned: April 17, 2008 - Confirmed: April 10, 2008 (88–0 vote) - Appointed: October 16, 2007 (nominated by George W. Bush) - Practitioner, 2006-2006 - City attorney, Helena, AR, 1999-2005 - Private practice in Memphis, TN (1995) and Helena, AR (1998) - U.S. Naval Reserve, 1989-1992 - U.S. Navy (1985–1989) and Navy Reserve (1984, 1989–1992) - Born January 24, 1967, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. - Date of birth: 1967-01-01 - Central High School - Birth place: Pine Bluff, AR ## 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/1392686) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392686) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392686) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2249/brian-stacy-miller/) - [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) - [Federal Judicial Center — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges](https://www.fjc.gov/sites/default/files/history/judges.csv) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2249/brian-stacy-miller/) - [Wikidata: Brian Stacy Miller](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4965365) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brian-stacy-miller", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brian-stacy-miller", "name": "Brian Stacy Miller | KnowJudges", "description": "Brian Stacy Miller, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. 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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.