--- title: "Bruce Howe Hendricks | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/bruce-howe-hendricks" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Bruce Howe Hendricks U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina · U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina - State: South Carolina - Role: U.S. District 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. South Carolina, 2014-present - United States district judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, appointed in 2014 by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate 95–0 - As of now, Judge Hendricks continues to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina ### Education - University of South Carolina School of Law — J.D. (1990) - College of Charleston — B.S. (1983) - College of Charleston — B.A. (1983) ### Additional information - From 1991 to 2002, Hendricks held the role of an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Charleston, prosecuting a wide range of criminal cases in the District of South Carolina and on appeal to the Fourth Circuit From 2002 to 2014, she was a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of South Carolina, first in Greenville (2002–2010) and then in Charleston (2010–2014), where she also presided over the district’s first drug court program - On June 26, 2013, President Obama nominated Hendricks to the District of South Carolina seat vacated by Margaret B. Seymour - Date of birth: 1957-01-01 - Before her judicial career, she played basketball at Sweet Briar College and later transferred to the College of Charleston - handling both civil and criminal cases across the district - Birth place: Charleston, SC ## 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/1394541) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394541) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394541) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1431/bruce-howe-hendricks/) - [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/1431/bruce-howe-hendricks/) - [Wikidata: Bruce Howe Hendricks](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16189299) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/bruce-howe-hendricks", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/bruce-howe-hendricks", "name": "Bruce Howe Hendricks | KnowJudges", "description": "Bruce Howe Hendricks, U.S. District Court for the District of South 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.