--- title: "Sarah Daggett Morrison | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sarah-daggett-morrison" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Sarah Daggett Morrison U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ยท Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio - State: Ohio - 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 - Judge, District Court, S.D. Ohio, 2019-present - Sarah Elizabeth Daggett Morrison is the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, a position she assumed on September 7, 2024 - Law Clerk, District Court, S.D. Ohio, 1997-1998 ### Education - B.A. from Ohio State University in 1992 and her J.D., magna cum laude, from Capital University Law School in 1997, where she was inducted into the Order of the Curia and held the role of associate editor of the Capital University Law Review - Ohio State University-Main Campus โ€” B.A. (1992) ### Additional information - administrator and chief executive officer, 2016-2019 - Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, 2012-2019 - Nominated by President Donald J. Trump on April 12, 2018, to replace retired Judge Gregory L. Frost - general counsel and chief ethics officer, 2012-2016 - Private practice, Columbus, OH, 1998-2012 - Born 1970 in Lufkin, Texas. - Date of birth: 1970-01-01 - As a district judge, Morrison has handled a broad range of federal cases, including civil, criminal, civil rights, labor/ERISA, and contract matters. - Birth place: Lufkin, TX ## 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 ### 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/6589526) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6589526) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6589526) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8606/sarah-daggett-morrison/) - [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/8606/sarah-daggett-morrison/) - [Wikidata: Sarah D. Morrison](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51736543) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sarah-daggett-morrison", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sarah-daggett-morrison", "name": "Sarah Daggett Morrison | KnowJudges", "description": "Sarah Daggett Morrison, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. 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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) โ€” 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.