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# Sergio A. Gutierrez

Idaho Court of Appeals · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Idaho Court of Appeals
- State: Idaho
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Idaho Court of Appeals, 2002-present
- He later became a judge on the Idaho Court of Appeals in 2002, serving until his retirement in 2018
- Sergio A. Gutiérrez was appointed in 1993 as Idaho’s first Latino district court judge, later serving on the Idaho Court of Appeals until his retirement in 2018
- Employed by Idaho Legal Aid and Park, Costello & Burkett, held the role of district judge from 1993 to 2002, and joined the Court of Appeals in 2002, retiring December 31, 2018
- Idaho Legal Aid Services, practiced law, and in 1993 was appointed by then-Governor Cecil Andrus as a district court judge, breaking a historic barrier

### Education

- Boise State University — B.A.
- Gutiérrez obtained a bachelor’s degree from Boise State University
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law — J.D.
- Boise State University undergraduate degree and a University of California Hastings — J.D.

### Additional information

- Practitioner, 2001-2001
- She instilled in him faith and resilience, and before her death he promised to attend college and build her a ranch house.
- His youth included hardship, including school dropout, Job Corps training, and later a move to Idaho where he worked with migrant communities
- His career is notable for breaking racial and cultural barriers in Idaho’s judiciary and for his ongoing influence in legal and civic life
- As a judge, Gutiérrez focused on expanding equity in Idaho’s judicial system, particularly improving interpreter services for non‐English speakers.
- Also an advocate for immigrants and farmworkers, reflecting his early experiences in migrant labor
- Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Gutiérrez moved to the U.S. as a baby and grew up in Stockton, California, and rural New Mexico, often living with his grandmother.

## 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://www.courtlistener.com/person/7212/sergio-a-guitierrez/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7212/sergio-a-guitierrez/)
- [Idaho Court of Appeals current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7212/sergio-a-guitierrez/)
- [Idaho Rules for Electronic Filing and Service, Rule 6](https://isc.idaho.gov/rules-procedure/irefs)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7212/sergio-a-guitierrez/)
- [sitting_membership_end](https://isc.idaho.gov/about-the-courts/ica-judges)
- [ballotpedia.org](https://ballotpedia.org/Sergio_Gutierrez)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/7212/sergio-a-guitierrez/)

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