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# Matthew E. Littleton

Colquitt County Magistrate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Colquitt County Magistrate Court
- State: Georgia
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-25

## Summary

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

## 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 devices and recording

Scope: statewide

Georgia's class-specific Uniform Court Rules govern electronic devices and recording in state trial courts. Before using recording, photography, livestreaming, or similar courtroom technology, confirm the governing rule and the assigned court's procedure.

Evidence excerpt: Uniform Superior, Juvenile, Magistrate, Municipal and Probate Court Rules

[Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules](https://www.gasupreme.us/rules/amendments-to-rules)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/65118c36493d9400273ba67a/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/65118c36493d9400273ba67a/)
- [Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules](https://www.gasupreme.us/rules/amendments-to-rules)
- [Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/65118c36493d9400273ba67a/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Matthew “Matt” Littleton is the nonpartisan Chief Magistrate Judge of Colquitt County, Georgia, serving since September 2023 and appointed by the Superior Court Judges of the Southern Judicial Circuit
- Littleton emphasizes fairness, objectivity, and integrity as the core qualities of a Chief Magistrate Judge, believing in justice free from personal bias

### Education


### Additional information

- Sworn in on September 15, 2023 to fill the unexpired term of J.J. McMillan, who resigned in July.
- As Chief Magistrate Judge, he is responsible for assigning cases to lower magistrates, setting the court’s schedule, and appointing magistrates (subject to Superior Court confirmation).



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Georgia Magistrate Court Rule 15 — virtual proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-92c085addd8bb83007e0ba04) — Georgia Magistrate Courts only. Virtual proceedings; consent, exceptions and judicial orders control. Dated 2023 source, later amendments not exhaustively certified. [Official source](https://www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Order-approving-Magistrate-videoconferencing-rules_entered.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.