--- title: "Raymond E. Patricco, Jr | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/raymond-e-patricco-jr" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Raymond E. Patricco, Jr U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho · U.S. Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho - State: Idaho - Role: U.S. Magistrate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-29 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court - District of Idaho, from 2021-06-11 - Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Raymond E. Patricco, Jr. serves as the Chief Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, appointed June 11, 2021, and is also the Chief District Judge for the 9th Circuit’s Idaho judicial district - Assistant U.S. Attorney / Senior Litigation Counsel / Acting Criminal Chief, U.S. Attorney's Office - District of Idaho, 2011–2021 - Assistant U.S. Attorney / Deputy Criminal Chief / Chief of the Financial Crimes Unit / Chief of the Narcotics Unit, U.S. Attorney's Office - Eastern District of Virginia, 2000–2011 - Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Federal Claims (to John P. Wiese) - Also recognized as the Chief District Judge in the Idaho judicial context ### Education ### Additional information - Practitioner, Steptoe & Johnson, 1996–2000 - J.D. — Univ. of Virginia — 1995 - B.A. — Harvard Univ. — 1991 - Patricco is the Chief Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, a position that oversees magistrate judge operations and judicial administration in the district. ## 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 ### presentation procedure Scope: courtwide Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge. Evidence excerpt: AMX Control Panel at Lectern: The AMX control panel has been referenced several times above and the main menu is illustrated at the left. The panel facilitates operation of the evidence presentation devices and selection of the audio/video sources. The first four functions have been discussed above. [Boise_Courtroom_Technology_Manual_276.pdf](https://idd.uscourts.gov/Content_Fetcher/index.cfml/Boise_Courtroom_Technology_Manual_276.pdf?Content_ID=276) 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.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=98) - [Official roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=98) - [U.S. Courts judicial profile or roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=98) - [Boise_Courtroom_Technology_Manual_276.pdf](https://idd.uscourts.gov/Content_Fetcher/index.cfml/Boise_Courtroom_Technology_Manual_276.pdf?Content_ID=276) - [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) - [Official biography source for Raymond E. Patricco, Jr](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=98) - [BR/MAG Judge Database: Raymond E. Patricco Jr.](https://legaldatalab.law.virginia.edu/brmag-judges/brmag-judges.json) - [Official biography source for Raymond E. Patricco, Jr](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=98) - [BR/MAG Judge Database: Raymond E. Patricco Jr.](https://legaldatalab.law.virginia.edu/brmag-judges/brmag-judges.json) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/raymond-e-patricco-jr", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/raymond-e-patricco-jr", "name": "Raymond E. Patricco, Jr | KnowJudges", "description": "Raymond E. Patricco, Jr, U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. 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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-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.