--- title: "John H. England | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-h-england-alabama-us-magistrate" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # John H. England U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama · U.S. Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama - State: Alabama - 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 - John H. England III serves as a Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, a position he has held since 2013 on a renewable eight‐year term - John H. England Jr. (1947–present) is a separate legal figure: an Alabama circuit judge and former Supreme Court justice (1999–2001) - John H. England III is a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, appointed in 2013, with a career that includes federal prosecution, legal clerkship, and private practice - First Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Alabama, AL, 2010-2013 - Supervisory Assistant United States Attorney/Deputy Chief in Charge, U.S. Dept. of Justice - General Crimes, Narcotics and Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Unit, 2007-2010 - Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Dept. of Justice - Criminal Division, 1999-2007 - Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Alabama, 1996-1997 - overseeing criminal, civil, appellate, and administrative divisions, and serving as Acting U.S. Attorney when necessary Northern District of Alabama - Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney/Deputy Chief for the General Crimes, Narcotics, and Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Unit Northern District of Alabama - Official site: Northern District of Alabama – Magistrate Judge John H. England III Northern District of Alabama ### Education - The University of Alabama — J.D. (1996) - The University of Alabama — B.A. (1993) ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, N.D. Alabama, 2013-present - Practitioner, Watson McKinney, L.L.P., 1997-1999 - Prosecutor for over eight years - handling organized crime, white‐collar crime, bank fraud, firearms, explosives, civil rights, and drug cases, and trying more than 40 federal trials Northern District of Alabama. - His chambers are located at the Hugo L. Black United States Courthouse in Birmingham, AL Northern District of Alabama. - He also argued appeals before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Northern District of Alabama. ## 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=118) - [Official roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=118) - [U.S. Courts judicial profile or roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=118) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8528/john-h-england-iii/) - [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/8528/john-h-england-iii/) - [Wikidata: John H. England](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122265691) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8528/john-h-england-iii/) - [Wikidata: John H. England](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122265691) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-h-england-alabama-us-magistrate", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-h-england-alabama-us-magistrate", "name": "John H. England | KnowJudges", "description": "John H. England, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. 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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.