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# David Judd

Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 2 · Magistrate Judge

## Profile

- Court: Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 2
- 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

- Presiding judge, Clearwater County Felony Drug Court
- Judge David H. Judd serves as a District Judge in the Second Judicial District of Idaho, which includes Clearwater and Lewis Counties

### Education

- Bachelor's degrees in biology and psychology, University of Idaho
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law — J.D.

### Additional information

- Selected Clearwater County magistrate, June 2018, succeeding Randall W. Robinson
- Deputy city attorney, City of Boise
- As a District Judge, he holds original jurisdiction over all cases and proceedings in his district, including civil, criminal, and family law matters.
- His responsibilities include conducting jury trials, issuing subpoenas and warrants, and hearing probation violation cases Judd’s professional background and legal expertise are documented on, highlighting his contributions to the legal field and his career achievements.
- He also has appellate jurisdiction over cases assigned to the Magistrate Division and other matters where appeals are permitted by law.

## 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://www.lmtribune.com/northwest/boise-attorney-picked-for-clearwater-county-judicial-post-8610e276)
- [current_membership](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/judicial-directory)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-0c38e11cda2478da65cd7ff5) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  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.