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# Jason Scott

Idaho District Court, Judicial District 4 · District Judge

## Profile

- Court: Idaho District Court, Judicial District 4
- State: Idaho
- Role: District Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- District judge, Fourth Judicial District, appointed 2014; chambered in Ada County; presiding district judge in Valley County
- Clerk, U.S. District Judge
- Still a district judge on the Oct

### Education

- Duke University School of Law — J.D. (1997)
- accounting, Idaho State University; passed the CPA examination — B.S.

### Additional information

- 18, 2026, to fill the Bevan vacancy effective Oct.
- Running for re-election in the general election on May 19, 2026 for the Idaho 4th Judicial District.
- For example, in 2023, Judge Scott allowed certain claims in an Idaho abortion lawsuit to proceed, specifically regarding emergency medical situations and constitutional rights under the Idaho Constitution, while dismissing other claims and redundant defendants
- He has previously won elections in 2018 and 2022, demonstrating continued public support for his judicial service.
- About 15 years at Hawley Troxell, including seven as partner; civil litigation, business disputes
- Appointed to the Idaho Supreme Court Aug.
- 4 directory.
- As a district judge, Scott manages a wide range of cases, including serious criminal offenses and high-value civil disputes.
- He also oversees procedural matters, sets hearings, and issues rulings that can have significant legal and social implications.
- One of Judge Scott’s notable rulings involved the Idaho abortion law lawsuit, where he allowed claims regarding emergency medical exceptions and constitutional rights to move forward to trial, while dismissing other claims and redundant defendants.

## 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://gov.idaho.gov/pressrelease/gov-little-appoints-judge-jason-scott-to-idaho-supreme-court/)
- [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.