--- title: "Shanlyn Alohakeao Souza Park | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/shanlyn-a-park" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Shanlyn Alohakeao Souza Park U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii - State: Hawaii - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official judge-specific and circuitwide procedural guidance has been located for this profile. ## Biography ### Professional career - American lawyer and judge who has held the role of a United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii since October 15, 2024 - Judge, Hawaii First Circuit Court (Oʻahu), 2021–2024, appointed by Governor David Ige to replace Karen T. Nakasone - Criminal Justice Panel attorney, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, 2017-2021 - Assistant federal public defender, District of Hawaii, 1997-2017; senior litigator, 2013-2017 - Adjunct professor, University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law, 2001-2006 - Law clerk, Hon. Francis I. Yamashita, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, 1995-1996 - Francis I. Yamashita, U.S. Magistrate Judge, District of Hawaii (1995–1996) ### Education - University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law — J.D. (1995) - Chaminade University of Honolulu — B.A. (1991) ### Additional information - Private practice, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1996-1997, 2017-2021 - Born 1969 in Honolulu, Hawaii. - Date of birth: 1969 - Park’s appointment marks a historic milestone as the first Native Hawaiian woman on the federal bench. - Birth place: Honolulu ## 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: judge specific Judge-specific source Evidence excerpt: Any such device is subject to security inspection. Electronic devices must be silenced or turned off prior to entry into Judge Park’s courtroom to avoid disruption to court proceedings. Inside Judge Park’s courtroom, no person may use an electronic device for any purpose, except attorneys of record and members of their litigating team, who are… [SASP%20Pretrial%20Procedures.pdf](https://www.hid.uscourts.gov/cms/assets/b0bb13c1-4b97-40c6-b873-66bdcf9434f0/SASP%20Pretrial%20Procedures.pdf) 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/13761376) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761376) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761376) - [SASP%20Pretrial%20Procedures.pdf](https://www.hid.uscourts.gov/cms/assets/b0bb13c1-4b97-40c6-b873-66bdcf9434f0/SASP%20Pretrial%20Procedures.pdf) - [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) - [Judge Shanlyn Alohakeao Souza Park](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761376) - [Wikidata: Shanlyn A. S. Park](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123588026) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/shanlyn-a-park", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/shanlyn-a-park", "name": "Shanlyn Alohakeao Souza Park | KnowJudges", "description": "Shanlyn Alohakeao Souza Park, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. 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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.