--- title: "Karin Johanna Immergut | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/karin-johanna-immergut" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Karin Johanna Immergut U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon - State: Oregon - 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 - American judge who has held the role of a United States District Judge for the District of Oregon since 2019 and, since May 2024, as a judge on the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) - Alien Terrorist Removal Court Judge — Appointed 2026 - The record notes that fISC Judge — Appointed May 19, 2024, by Chief Justice John Roberts for a seven-year term - U.S. District Judge, D. Or. — Nominated by Donald Trump, confirmed July 31, 2019; assumed office August 5, 2019 - Judge, Oregon Circuit Court, Multnomah County, 2009-2019 - U.S. attorney for the District of Oregon, 2003-2009 - Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Oregon, 2001-2003 - Deputy district attorney, Drug Unit and Fraud Section, Multnomah County, Oregon, 1996-1998, 1998-2001 - Associate independent counsel, Office of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr, 1998 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 1988-1994; deputy chief, Narcotics Section, 1992-1994; chief, Training Section, 1994 - Judge, District Court, D. Oregon, ?-present - Immergut’s career spans prosecution, private practice, state court judging, and now federal judicial service, with a focus on complex criminal, narcotics, and national security cases ### Education - University of California, Berkeley School of Law in — J.D. (1987) - Amherst College — B.A. (1982) ### Additional information - Private practice, Burlington, Vermont, 1994-1996 - Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1987-1988 - Born 1960 in Brooklyn, New York. - Date of birth: 1960-12-22 - Known for encouraging opportunities for junior attorneys to argue before her court and for maintaining a civil, collegial courtroom environment - As U.S. District Judge, Immergut presides over cases in the District of Oregon from the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland. - Birth place: Brooklyn ## 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/6839681) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6839681) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6839681) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14440/karin-immergut/) - [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/14440/karin-immergut/) - [Judge Karin Johanna Immergut](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6839681) - [Wikidata: Karin Immergut](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6370848) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/karin-johanna-immergut", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/karin-johanna-immergut", "name": "Karin Johanna Immergut | KnowJudges", "description": "Karin Johanna Immergut, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. 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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.