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# Matthew Roker

Idaho District Court, Judicial District 3 · District Judge

## Profile

- Court: Idaho District Court, Judicial District 3
- 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

- Partner, Lovan Roker & Rounds, joined 2003; criminal defense in Canyon County
- Appointed district judge by Gov
- Appointed by Governor Brad Little to serve as a district judge in the 3rd Judicial District, which includes Adams, Canyon, Gem, Owyhee, Payette, and Washington Counties

### Education

- University of Idaho College of Law — J.D. (1993)
- Idaho State University, bachelor’s degree, 1989

### Additional information

- Brad Little, June 28, 2021
- His appointment was effective on June 28, 2021
- As a judge, Roker has presided over various cases, including serious criminal matters
- Before his appointment to the bench, Roker practiced law for over 25 years, specializing in criminal defense, personal injury, traffic, water law, probate, and estate planning at the law firm Lovan Roker & Rounds, P.C
- Roker's sentencing decisions often reflect a balance between the severity of the crime and the circumstances surrounding it, as seen in this case where he considered both the prosecution's and defense's arguments In another case, he sentenced Sequoia Adams for domestic battery with traumatic injury, emphasizing the need for community safety and the impact of domestic violence on victims
- Matthew Roker was born in Rexburg, Idaho, and graduated from Rigby High School

## 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)
- [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.