--- title: "Malachy Edward Mannion | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/malachy-edward-mannion" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Malachy Edward Mannion U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania - State: Pennsylvania - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania, 2012-present - Senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, appointed in 2012 and assuming senior status in 2024 - U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2001-2012 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1997-2001 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1986-1993 - Assistant district attorney, Nassau County, NY, 1980-1986 - Court website: Middle District of Pennsylvania – Judge Mannion ### Education - Pace University-New York — J.D. (1979) - University of Scranton — B.S. (1976) - Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University ### Additional information - United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and has been on senior status since January 3, 2024. - Nominated by President Barack Obama on May 17, 2012, to replace A. Richard Caputo, confirmed by the Senate on December 21, 2012, and commissioned on December 27, 2012 Federal Judicial Center - Chief Magistrate Judge 2011–2012 - Private practice, Scranton, PA, 1993-1997 - chief, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, 1989-1993 - Private practice, White Plains, NY, 1979-1980 - Date of birth: 1953-01-01 - Scranton Preparatory School - Former President of the Federal Bar Association, MDPA Chapter - Board of Directors, Federal Magistrate Judge Association; active in Pennsylvania and Lackawanna Bar Associations - Birth place: Montreal, Canada ## 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/1394111) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394111) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394111) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2029/malachy-edward-mannion/) - [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/2029/malachy-edward-mannion/) - [Wikidata: Malachy E. Mannion](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6740855) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/malachy-edward-mannion", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/malachy-edward-mannion", "name": "Malachy Edward Mannion | KnowJudges", "description": "Malachy Edward Mannion, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. 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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.