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# Joseph Borton

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

- Appointed district judge by Gov
- Joseph W. Borton was selected as a District Judge to the Fourth Judicial District of Idaho by Governor Brad Little, filling the vacancy left by the retirement of Judge Samuel Hoagland
- He held the role of the managing partner at Borton-Lakey Law & Policy in Meridian, Idaho

### Education

- Economics degree, University of Oregon
- University of Idaho College of Law — J.D.

### Additional information

- Brad Little, March 5, 2024, succeeding Samuel Hoagland
- In 2019, he was admitted to appear before the United States Supreme Court
- Beyond his legal and political career, Borton has been actively involved in the community.
- He has held the role of president of the West Ada Education Foundation, the Meridian Chamber of Commerce, and as chairman of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Southwest Idaho, where he also mentored youth for eleven years.
- Before his appointment, Borton had 27 years of litigation experience in both civil and criminal matters.
- In addition to his legal career, he was the President of the Meridian City Council, a position he held for 14 years, demonstrating extensive experience in local governance and community leadership

## 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-joseph-borton-to-fourth-judicial-district/)
- [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.