--- title: "Jared C. Bennett | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jared-c-bennett-utah-us-magistrate" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Jared C. Bennett U.S. District Court for the District of Utah · U.S. Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Utah - State: Utah - Role: U.S. Magistrate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-29 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Chief, U.S. Attorney's Office - District of Utah - Civil Division, 2013-08–2017-08 - In 2005, he joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah, eventually becoming Civil Division Chief (2013–2017) and later First Assistant U.S. Attorney - Honors Program Attorney, U.S. Dept. of the Interior - Solocitor's Office, from 2002 - Law Clerk, Utah Court of Appeals, 2001–2002 (to Pamela T. Greenwood) - Judge Bennett has a long-standing academic role at the University of Utah, teaching Environmental Law, Environmental Crimes, Constitutional Law, Natural Resources and Public Lands, Property Law, and Administrative Law ### Education ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, D. Utah, 2020-present - In 2024, Chief Justice John Roberts appointed him to the United States Magistrate Judge Education Advisory Committee, where he trains newly appointed magistrate judges nationwide. - Selected as a U.S. Magistrate Judge in January 2020 and began his service in May 2020. - In 2019, he published a law school textbook titled Environmental Crime: Pollution and Wildlife Enforcement. - Adjunct Professor, Univ. of Utah, from 2004 - He clerked for Judge Pamela T. Greenwood on the Utah Court of Appeals (2001–2002) and then held the role of an Honor’s Program Attorney for the U.S. Department of the Interior. - J.D. — Univ. of Utah — 2001 - Jared C. Bennett graduated Order of the Coif from the University of Utah College of Law in 2001, earning a Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law and a Master of Public Administration from the same university. - B.S. — Univ. of Utah — Political Science - His chambers are located in the Orrin G. Hatch United States Courthouse in Salt Lake City. - M.P.A — Univ. of Utah — Public Administration - He has also taught internationally in countries including Argentina, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, and East Timor. ## 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.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=116) - [Official roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=116) - [U.S. Courts judicial profile or roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=116) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14428/jared-c-bennett/) - [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/14428/jared-c-bennett/) - [BR/MAG Judge Database: Jared Carl Bennett](https://legaldatalab.law.virginia.edu/brmag-judges/brmag-judges.json) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14428/jared-c-bennett/) - [BR/MAG Judge Database: Jared Carl Bennett](https://legaldatalab.law.virginia.edu/brmag-judges/brmag-judges.json) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jared-c-bennett-utah-us-magistrate", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jared-c-bennett-utah-us-magistrate", "name": "Jared C. 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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-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.