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# Rick Carnaroli

Idaho District Court, Judicial District 6 · District Judge

## Profile

- Court: Idaho District Court, Judicial District 6
- 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

- Selected as a district judge in Pocatello, Idaho, in January 2018 and has served in this role since then
- District judge, Sixth Judicial District, appointed January 2018 by Gov
- Judge Carnaroli has been active in promoting access to justice and legal mentorship

### Education

- Willamette University in — J.D. (1985)
- Economics, English, and Philosophy, Pacific University — B.A. (1980)
- Undergraduate degree from Pacific University in 1980

### Additional information

- He has been heavily involved in specialized courts, notably directing the Sixth District Veterans Treatment Court since its inception in April 2012.
- Idaho Pro Bono Commission since 2008, acted as a Statewide Mentor Judge, and held leadership roles in the Idaho Magistrate Judges Association.
- Idaho Judicial Council member from January 2026
- Prior to this, he held the role of a magistrate judge in Pocatello from 2004 to 2018.
- He was admitted to the Idaho State Bar and Idaho Federal Bar in 1985, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1993, and the Supreme Court of the United States in 1999.
- Before joining the bench, he practiced law with Green, Service, Gasser & Kerl and later held the role of Chief Civil Deputy and Risk Manager for the City of Pocatello starting in 1994
- Private practice
- City attorney, Pocatello
- C.L. Otter; chambered in Bannock County
- Carnaroli also serves as Co-Chair of Idaho’s Tribal Court State Court Forum and represents the Idaho judiciary on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Committee

## 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://judicialcouncil.idaho.gov/pdf/reports/2025_Annual_Report.pdf)
- [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.