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# Rosemary Emory

Idaho District Court, Judicial District 5 · District Judge

## Profile

- Court: Idaho District Court, Judicial District 5
- 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

- Rosemary A. Emory is the District Judge for Idaho’s 5th Judicial District, serving since January 3, 2019, after being appointed by former Governor Butch Otter to replace Judge John K. Butler
- Chief civil deputy prosecutor, Twin Falls County, from 2010
- Deputy attorney general, Idaho Attorney General's Office, Medicaid fraud, three years
- Cy Lootens, Clerk of the District Court (Clerk’s Office)
- Judge Emory’s legal career spans prosecution, public defense, and state-level legal work
- Appointed district judge by Gov
- Position: District Judge, 5th Judicial District Court of Idaho

### Education

- University of Idaho College of Law — J.D. (1995)
- in finance, University of Idaho — B.S. (1992)

### Additional information

- Butch Otter, January 3, 2019, succeeding John K. Butler
- Tribal public defender, Coeur d'Alene Tribe

## 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/council/candidates/Butler-Governor-Press-Release.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.