--- title: "Roderick Charles Young | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/roderick-c-young" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-03" --- # Roderick Charles Young U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia - State: Virginia - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Incumbent United States district judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, appointed on September 29, 2020 by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by the Senate 93–2 - Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia (2002–2014), rising to Deputy Criminal Supervisor (2012–2014) - Special assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 2001-2002 ### Education - George Mason University — M.A. (1994) - West Virginia University College of Law — J.D. (1994) - George Mason University — B.A. (1989) ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, E.D. Virginia, 2014-present - 29, 2020), succeeding Rebecca Beach Smith - Nominated May 6, 2020; nomination sent to Senate May 21, 2020 - In summary: Roderick Charles Young is a veteran federal prosecutor and public defender turned judge, with over two decades of legal service before his appointment to the federal bench in 2020. - Assistant commonwealth's attorney, Richmond, Virginia, 1998-2002; senior assistant commonwealth's attorney, 2000-2002 - Assistant public defender, Portsmouth, Virginia, 1996-1998 - Born 1966 in Petersburg, Virginia. - Date of birth: 1966 - Confirmation: Sept. - Young presides over federal cases in the Eastern District of Virginia, which covers Virginia’s Eastern Shore and parts of the Tidewater region. - Birth place: Petersburg ## 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: Evidence Presentation System . EVIDENCE PRESENTATION SYSTEMS . The Court’s evidence presentation system allows attorneys to : . [Evidence Presentation System | Eastern District of Virginia | United States District Court](https://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/evidence-presentation-system) 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/8943911) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/8943911) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/8943911) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9623/roderick-c-young/) - [Evidence Presentation System | Eastern District of Virginia | United States District Court](https://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/evidence-presentation-system) - [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/9623/roderick-c-young/) - [Judge Roderick Charles Young](https://www.fjc.gov/node/8943911) - [Wikidata: Roderick C. Young](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93454348) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/roderick-c-young", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/roderick-c-young", "name": "Roderick Charles Young | KnowJudges", "description": "Roderick Charles Young, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. 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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.