--- title: "Candy Dale | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/candy-dale-9218" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Candy Dale U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho · Magistrate ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho - State: Idaho - Role: Magistrate - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Candy W. Dale was a federal magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho, appointed on March 30, 2008, and retired on March 31, 2022 - The first woman appointed to a federal court in Idaho and held the role of the court’s chief magistrate judge from 2008 to 2015 and again from 2021 to 2022 - Practiced at Moffat Thomas Barret & Blanton and became a shareholder, then cofounded Hall, Farley, Oberrecht & Blanton in December 1988, concentrating on employment litigation and counseling ### Education ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, D. Idaho, 2008-present - Served eight nonconsecutive years as chief U.S. magistrate judge and assumed recall status April 1, 2022. - She received the Idaho State Bar’s 2022 Distinguished Jurist award. - She held the role of a Ninth Circuit lawyer representative in 1996–1999, on its Advisory Council, on the Idaho Pro Bono Commission, and as Magistrate Judge Observer to the Judicial Conference in 2017–2019. - Appointed March 30, 2008, she became the first woman appointed to Idaho’s federal court. - She and husband Jim married in 1984 and have a daughter, Lindsay; she enjoys outdoor activities and family time in McCall. - She graduated cum laude from the University of Idaho College of Law in 1982 and edited the Idaho Law Review. - Judge Dale’s tenure marked a milestone for gender representation in Idaho’s federal judiciary. - Candy W. Dale was born and raised in Boise and graduated from Borah High School. - Her combination of legal expertise, leadership in court administration, and public service has left a lasting impact on the District of Idaho’s judicial community - She studied at the College of Idaho, obtained a teaching certificate, and participated in an exchange program in Oxford. ## 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://www.courtlistener.com/person/9218/candy-dale/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9218/candy-dale/) - [U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9218/candy-dale/) - [Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9218/candy-dale/) - [isb.idaho.gov](https://isb.idaho.gov/blog/hon-candy-w-dale/) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9218/candy-dale/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/candy-dale-9218", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/candy-dale-9218", "name": "Candy Dale | KnowJudges", "description": "Candy Dale, U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. 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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.