--- title: "John Charles Hinderaker | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-charles-hinderaker" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # John Charles Hinderaker U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona - State: Arizona - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, Arizona Superior Court, Pima County, AZ, 2018-2020 - From 2018 to 2020, Hinderaker held the role of a judge on the Pima County Superior Court, appointed by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey to fill a vacancy created by the elevation of Judge Sean Brearcliffe to the Arizona Court of Appeals - Partner, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP, Tucson, AZ, 2003-2018 - Research Attorney, International Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade, 1998-1998 - Law Clerk, District Court, D. Arizona, AZ, 1996-1998 - Judge, District Court, D. Arizona, AZ, ?-present ### Education - a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the University of Arizona College of Law (now James E. Rogers College of Law) in 1996, where he was a member. - Mexican Legal Studies Program (Summer) — University of Houston — 1994 ### Additional information - Practitioner, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP, Tucson, AZ, 1998-2003 - Judge Hinderaker has a record of rulings in civil litigation, employment discrimination, and Section 1983 cases. - For example, in Section 1983 cases, he has granted summary judgment to officers when probable cause and qualified immunity were established, and in Title VII or ADEA employment cases, he has granted full summary judgment to employers when plaintiffs could not meet evidentiary standards ezel.ai. - John Charles Hinderaker was born in 1968 in Indio, California. - Date of birth: 1968-01-01 - Indio High School - He often denies motions to dismiss when claims are facially plausible and grants summary judgment to defendants when plaintiffs fail to establish a prima facie case or show pretext. - John Charles Hinderaker is a highly experienced jurist with a background in commercial litigation, state court service, and federal judicial service. - Birth place: Indio, CA ## 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.fjc.gov/node/8938396) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/8938396) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/8938396) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15399/john-charles-hinderaker/) - [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/15399/john-charles-hinderaker/) - [Wikidata: John C. Hinderaker](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73798986) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-charles-hinderaker", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-charles-hinderaker", "name": "John Charles Hinderaker | KnowJudges", "description": "John Charles Hinderaker, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. 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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.