--- title: "Ramona V Manglona | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/ramona-v-manglona-10257" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-08" --- # Ramona V Manglona U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands - State: New Mexico - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, Northern Mariana Islands, 2011-present - In 2002, she became Deputy Attorney General and later the first female Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands (2002–2003) - Attorney General, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; from 2002 - Prosecutor, CNMI Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Division; from 1998 - Law clerk, CNMI Superior Court - Litigator, CNMI Office of the Attorney General, Civil Division - Trailblazer for women in the law in the Northern Mariana Islands, breaking barriers as the first indigenous woman to pass the local bar and the first woman to serve as a federal district judge there - Ramona V. Manglona is the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, the first woman and first indigenous person to hold that federal judicial role ### Education - She is the first in her family to earn a four‐year college degree, graduating BA in Economics and Japanese from the University of California, Berkeley in 1990, and later earning her JD from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1996. ### Additional information - She became Chief Judge in 2011 and has continued to serve, with her second 10‐year term confirmed by the Senate on April 16, 2024 under President Joe Biden’s renomination - The Senate confirmed her on July 26, 2011, and she took office July 29, 2011. - On January 26, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated her to the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands. - Joined the Superior Court in 2003 and served until 2011 - Moved to the Civil Division after three years. - After three years in the Criminal Division. - Before law school, Manglona worked in her family’s real estate business. - After law school, she held the role of a law clerk for two Northern Mariana Islands Superior Court judges, then joined the Office of the Attorney General, first in the criminal division and later the civil division. - Her career includes prosecuting notable cases such as the Commonwealth’s first “shaken baby syndrome” prosecution. ## 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 ### media electronic device coverage Scope: statewide New Mexico Rule 23-107 authorizes broadcasting, televising, photographing, and recording in state court proceedings subject to the rule's guidelines and judicial control. Evidence excerpt: The broadcasting, televising, photographing, and recording of court proceedings in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, district courts, magistrate courts, and metropolitan courts of the State of New Mexico are hereby authorized in accordance with the guidelines promulgated herewith. [Rule 23-107. Broadcasting, televising, photographing and recording of court proceedings](https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rule-23-107-12-20-2018.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### remote proceedings conduct Scope: statewide New Mexico Judiciary remote-proceedings standards treat virtual courtrooms as formal courtroom settings and impose conduct expectations for remote participants. Evidence excerpt: The courtroom, whether a physical in-person courtroom, or a virtual courtroom, remains a formal and serious setting where judges hear matters involving real people that affect real lives. [New Mexico Judiciary Remote Proceedings and Meeting Standards](https://firstdistrict.nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/04/NEW-MEXICO-JUDICIARY-REMOTE-PROCEEDINGS-AND-MEETING-STANDARDS.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/10257/ramona-v-manglona/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/10257/ramona-v-manglona/) - [U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/10257/ramona-v-manglona/) - [Rule 23-107. Broadcasting, televising, photographing and recording of court proceedings](https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rule-23-107-12-20-2018.pdf) - [New Mexico Judiciary Remote Proceedings and Meeting Standards](https://firstdistrict.nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/04/NEW-MEXICO-JUDICIARY-REMOTE-PROCEEDINGS-AND-MEETING-STANDARDS.pdf) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/10257/ramona-v-manglona/) - [U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands biography: Ramona V. Manglona](https://www.nmid.uscourts.gov/sites/nmid/files/documents/districtconference/2016-dc-bio-rmanglona.pdf) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/ramona-v-manglona-10257", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/ramona-v-manglona-10257", "name": "Ramona V Manglona | KnowJudges", "description": "Ramona V Manglona, U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands. 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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.