--- title: "Nancy Jo Rosenstengel | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/nancy-j-rosenstengel" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Nancy Jo Rosenstengel U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois · U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois - State: Illinois - Role: U.S. District Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official judge-specific and circuitwide procedural guidance has been located for this profile. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, S.D. Illinois, 2014-present - Chief Judge: held the role of Chief Judge of the Southern District of Illinois from April 1, 2019, until December 31, 2025, when she was succeeded by Staci M. Yandle - Clerk of court, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois, 2009-2014 - Nancy Jo Rosenstengel (née Niemeier; born 1968 in Alton, Illinois) is a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2014 and confirmed by the Senate in a unanimous 95–0 vote - Law clerk, Hon. G. Patrick Murphy, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois, 1998-2009 ### Education - Southern Illinois University School of Law - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ### Additional information - Appointed: November 7, 2013, to replace Judge G. Patrick Murphy, who assumed senior status in 2013 - President Obama nominated Rosenstengel on November 7, 2013. - Private practice, St. Louis, MO, 1993-1998 - Date of birth: 1968-01-01 - Current role: Active judge, assigned to Courtroom 3 in East St. Louis, IL - Official site: /judges-info/judge-nancy-j-rosenstengel - The American Bar Association rated her “Unanimously Qualified” - Birth place: Alton, IL ## 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 ### courtroom technology Scope: judge specific Judge-specific source Evidence excerpt:  Do not assume that the Court will allow any exhibits to be passed among jurors. Publication will be handled by evidence presentation technology or by use of juror notebooks. The parties are encouraged to assemble an exhibit book for witnesses to view while being examined, as this expedites the examination process. [Rosenstengel.pdf](https://www.ilsd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilsd/files/Rosenstengel.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### 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/1394496) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394496) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394496) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2782/nancy-jo-rosenstengel/) - [Rosenstengel.pdf](https://www.ilsd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilsd/files/Rosenstengel.pdf) - [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/2782/nancy-jo-rosenstengel/) - [Wikidata: Nancy J. Rosenstengel](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16954947) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/nancy-j-rosenstengel", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/nancy-j-rosenstengel", "name": "Nancy Jo Rosenstengel | KnowJudges", "description": "Nancy Jo Rosenstengel, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. 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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.