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# Kelley Porter

Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 2 · Magistrate Judge

## Profile

- Court: Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 2
- State: Idaho
- Role: Magistrate Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Kelley Porter, an attorney from Genesee, Idaho, was unanimously appointed by the Idaho Second District Magistrate Commission to the Nez Perce County Magistrate bench in September 2025

### Education


### Additional information

- Law instructor, University of Idaho
- Porter’s appointment is part of a series of judicial reassignments within the Second Judicial District
- As Magistrate Judge, Porter presides over Nez Perce County Juvenile and Child Protection Act dockets.
- One of several magistrate judges in the district, each assigned to specific case types and schedules
- She succeeds Magistrate Judge Sunil Ramalingam, who was reassigned to the Moscow bench
- Before her judicial appointment, Porter held the role of Staff Attorney for Nez Perce County District Court in Lewiston and teaches law at the University of Idaho, where she also earned her J.D

## 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://pullmanradio.com/local-attorney-kelley-porter-appointed-nez-perce-county-magistrate-judge-in-lewiston/)
- [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.