--- title: "Charles Ronald Norgle Sr. | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/charles-ronald-norgle-sr" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Charles Ronald Norgle Sr. U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ยท U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois - State: Illinois - Role: U.S. District Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. Illinois, 1984-present - Inactive Senior United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and assuming senior status in 2022 - Judge, Circuit Court of Illinois, DuPage County, 1973-1984; associate judge, 1973-1977, 1978-1981; circuit judge, 1977-1978, 1981-1984 - Deputy public defender, DuPage County, IL, 1971-1973 - Deputy public defender, DuPage County, Illinois, 1971-1973 - Assistant state's attorney, DuPage County, IL, 1969-1971 - Assistant state's attorney, DuPage County, Illinois, 1969-1971 ### Education - John Marshall Law School (now the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law) in โ€” J.D. (1969) - B.B.A. from Northwestern University in 1964 ### Additional information - handling a broad range of civil and criminal cases, before assuming inactive senior status on October 4, 2022, meaning he remains a federal judge but no longer hears cases - The Senate confirmed him on October 3, 1984, and he was commissioned on October 4, 1984 - On September 10, 1984, President Reagan nominated Norgle to a newly created seat on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. - Norgle served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957. - Born March 6, 1937, Chicago, Illinois. - Date of birth: 1937-01-01 - Served actively for nearly 38 years - Birth place: Chicago, IL ## 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/1385811) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1385811) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1385811) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2426/charles-ronald-norgle-sr/) - [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/2426/charles-ronald-norgle-sr/) - [Judge Charles Ronald Norgle Sr.](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1385811) - [Wikidata: Charles Ronald Norgle, Sr.](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5082163) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/charles-ronald-norgle-sr", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/charles-ronald-norgle-sr", "name": "Charles Ronald Norgle Sr. | KnowJudges", "description": "Charles Ronald Norgle Sr., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. 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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) โ€” 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.