--- title: "David D. Manweiler | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/david-d-manweiler-id-trial" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # David D. Manweiler Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 4 · Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 4 - State: Idaho - Role: Magistrate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Magistrate Judge in the Idaho 4th Judicial District, serving in Ada County since 2006, with a background in law, military service, and legal education - Judge Manweiler has been Magistrate Judge of the Ada County Magistrate Court since February 2006, appointed by the District Magistrate Commission of the 4th Judicial District, which covers Ada, Boise, Elmore, and Valley Counties - Magistrate judge, Ada County, February 2006; senior juvenile judge 2006-2016; adult criminal calendar - His prior role included serving as Senior Juvenile Court Judge for Ada County from 2006 to 2016 Ada County - Retired as a major in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps - He has also taught as an adjunct professor at Boise State University’s Department of Criminal Justice and is currently an adjunct instructor at the University of Idaho College of Law Ada County - His teaching included criminal justice at Boise State University and is listed as an adjunct instructor at the University of Idaho College of Law ### Education - University of Idaho College of Law — J.D. - Bachelor’s degree in political science cum laude from the University of Colorado at Boulder ### Additional information - Seasoned Idaho magistrate with extensive judicial, legal, and military experience, serving in Ada County since 2006 and currently handling adult criminal, traffic, and misdemeanor cases, with a term through 2029 - His Ada County profile assigns him an adult criminal calendar and reports senior juvenile court service in 2006–2016. - Before joining the bench, Manweiler spent 20 years in private practice (1986–2006) litigating criminal and personal injury cases in state and federal courts. - Private practice for 20 years, criminal and personal-injury litigation - Retired Marine (page truncated) - Assigned to the adult criminal calendar and also handles traffic and misdemeanor cases Ada County. - Earlier he spent 20 years in private practice litigating criminal and personal injury cases in state and federal courts. ## 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) - [biography](https://adacounty.id.gov/judicial-court/judicial-directory/judge-david-manweiler/) - [current_membership](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/david-d-manweiler-id-trial", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/david-d-manweiler-id-trial", "name": "David D. Manweiler | KnowJudges", "description": "David D. 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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.