--- title: "Jacqueline Scott Corley | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jacqueline-s-corley" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Jacqueline Scott Corley U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California - State: California - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-08-16 ## Summary Official judge-specific and circuitwide procedural guidance has been located for this profile. ## Biography ### Professional career - Law clerk, Hon. Charles R. Breyer, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1998-2009 - Law clerk, Hon. Robert E. Keeton, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1991-1992 ### Education - Harvard Law School — J.D. (1991) - University of California — B.A. (1988) - University of California, Berkeley ### Additional information - Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1994-1997, 2009-2011 - Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1992-1994 - Date of birth: 1966 - Birth place: Long Beach ## 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 ### remote proceedings Scope: judge specific Judge Corley conducts civil case-management and status conferences by videoconference, while civil motions and pretrial conferences are in person by default. A Zoom motion hearing requires a request at least one week ahead and good cause. Evidence excerpt: civil case management and status conferences ... shall all be conducted via videoconference ... Civil motions are heard in person ... the default rule is that motions are heard in person. Parties may stipulate/request to have a hearing by Zoom video, but they must do so at least one week in advance ... unless good cause is shown. [Civil Standing Order for District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley](https://cand.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/standing-orders/JSC-Standing-Order-Jan-2025-docx.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### filing format Scope: judge specific Judge Corley directs that electronically filed documents be text-searchable PDFs whenever possible and requires motion or discovery exhibits to be separately filed in ECF. Evidence excerpt: All exhibits to motions and/or discovery dispute joint statements should be separately filed on ECF. ... Electronically filed documents must be text-searchable PDFs whenever possible. [Civil Standing Order for District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley](https://cand.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/standing-orders/JSC-Standing-Order-Jan-2025-docx.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### courtroom technology Scope: courtwide Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge. Evidence excerpt: . Proper Use General Order 58 for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California covers the use of electronic devices in the courthouse and must be adhered to at all times. In addition, individual judges may issue specific orders regarding the use of Wi-Fi in their courtrooms and by jurors. [Courtroom Technology | Northern District of California | United States District Court](https://cand.uscourts.gov/attorneys/courtroom-technology) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### presentation procedure Scope: courtwide Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge. Evidence excerpt: (b) Copyright Cases . To the extent then known or readily available and feasible, a party who bases a claim on copyright must include as exhibits the copyright registration (or, if there is no relevant copyright registration yet, the relevant copyright application) and one or more demonstrative exemplars of the copying and infringement. Such party… [ADR Local Rules | Northern District of California | United States District Court](https://cand.uscourts.gov/rules-forms-fees/local-rules/adr-local-rules) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### technology walkthrough Scope: courtwide The Northern District of California publishes guidance advising counsel to fully test their equipment and schedule a courtroom visit to test it before the proceeding. Evidence excerpt: The court highly recommends that counsel be familiar their equipment and fully test prior to using anything in the courtroom. ... schedule a visit in the courtroom to test everything before the proceeding. [Courtroom Technology | Northern District of California | United States District Court](https://cand.uscourts.gov/attorneys/courtroom-technology) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### specialized evidence software Scope: courtwide For e-evidence requiring specialized software, the Northern District of California publishes a process for at least two business days' advance notice through the Courtroom Deputy and approval by the judge and Court IT. Evidence excerpt: at least two (2) business days advance notice, counsel may request via the Courtroom Deputy that the specialized software be loaded by counsel prior to use of the system. If the judge and the court’s IT Department approve... [Courtroom Technology | Northern District of California | United States District Court](https://cand.uscourts.gov/attorneys/courtroom-technology) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### 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.cand.uscourts.gov/judges/) - [Official roster](https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges/) - [cand.uscourts.gov judicial profile or roster](https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges/) - [ADR Local Rules | Northern District of California | United States District Court](https://cand.uscourts.gov/rules-forms-fees/local-rules/adr-local-rules) - [Courtroom Technology | Northern District of California | United States District Court](https://cand.uscourts.gov/attorneys/courtroom-technology) - [Civil Standing Order for District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley](https://cand.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/standing-orders/JSC-Standing-Order-Jan-2025-docx.pdf) - [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) - [Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley](https://www.fjc.gov/node/11662361) - [Wikidata: Jacqueline Scott Corley](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60287036) - [Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley](https://www.fjc.gov/node/11662361) - [Wikidata: Jacqueline Scott Corley](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60287036) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jacqueline-s-corley", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jacqueline-s-corley", "name": "Jacqueline Scott Corley | KnowJudges", "description": "Jacqueline Scott Corley, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. 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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.