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# John R. Stegner

Idaho Court of Appeals · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Idaho Court of Appeals
- State: Idaho
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Idaho Court of Appeals, 2014-present
- American attorney and a former justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, retiring after five years in 2023
- He clerked for Harold L. Ryan 1982–84, practiced at Clements Brown & McNichols 1984–96, held the role of district judge 1997–2018 and Supreme Court justice 2018–23, retiring October 31, 2023
- a state district court judge for over two decades
- Butch” Otter to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Warren E. Jones

### Education

- Political science BA at Whitman and JD at University of Idaho in 1982, serving as Idaho Law Review managing editor

### Additional information

- Justice John R. Stegner - Idaho Supreme Court Annual Report (208) 334-2210 suggestions@ Idaho Supreme Court Annual Report Select Page Justice John R. Stegner by Shannon Braach | Mar 30, 2020 Justice John R. Stegner Justice John R. Stegner was appointed to the Idaho Supreme Court on May 22, 2018, by Governor C.L
- received the Granata professionalism and 2017 Distinguished Jurist awards
- Born November 8, 1953
- Joined Signature Resolution as mediator/arbitrator
- He established drug and mental-health courts

## 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://www.courtlistener.com/person/7217/john-r-stegner/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7217/john-r-stegner/)
- [Idaho Court of Appeals current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7217/john-r-stegner/)
- [Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7217/john-r-stegner/)
- [Justice John R. Stegner - Idaho Supreme Court Annual Report](https://annualreport2021-isc.idaho.gov/divi_overlay/justice-john-r-stegner)
- [sitting_membership_end](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/ica-judges)
- [signatureresolution.com](https://signatureresolution.com/neutral-CPT/hon-john-r-stegner-ret/)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7217/john-r-stegner/)
- [Justice John R. Stegner - Idaho Supreme Court Annual Report](https://annualreport2021-isc.idaho.gov/divi_overlay/justice-john-r-stegner)

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