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# Michael Dean

Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 4 · Magistrate Judge

## Profile

- Court: Idaho Magistrate Division, Judicial District 4
- 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

- Magistrate judge for the Ada County Magistrate Court in Idaho, appointed in 2021 and currently serving a term through January 2029
- Worked in prosecution and civil matters for the Boise City Attorney and earlier prosecuted in eastern Idaho and Canyon County

### Education

- Bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and a JD from the University of Idaho.

### Additional information

- Dean was retained in a 2024 retention election with 76.9% of the vote.
- Magistrate judge, Ada County, appointed July 2021; domestic-violence docket; chair, Court Assistance Office Committee
- Michael Dean became Ada County magistrate in July 2021 and handles domestic violence cases.
- Appointed by the District Magistrate Commission of the 4th Judicial District (covering Ada, Boise, Elmore, and Valley counties) in July 2021 to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Hon.
- Frequent conference presenter for clerks and new judges, and acts as a local mentor judge
- His service includes the Court Assistance Office and Criminal Rules committees, mentoring, and judicial training.
- He also serves as Chair of the Idaho Supreme Court’s Court Assistance Office Committee and is a member of the Criminal Rules Advisory Committee.
- His earlier assignments included family, general criminal, and miscellaneous matters.

## 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://adacounty.id.gov/judicial-court/judicial-directory/judge-michael-dean/)
- [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.