--- title: "Stacey Diane Neumann | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/stacey-d-neumann" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Stacey Diane Neumann U.S. District Court for the District of Maine · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maine - State: Maine - 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 - American lawyer and United States District Judge for the District of Maine, serving since August 26, 2024 - Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Maine, 2009-2013; special assistant U.S. attorney, 2009-2010 - Adjunct professor, University of New England, 2010-2011 - Staff attorney, Vermont Office of the Defender General/Chittenden County Public Defender Office, 2007-2009 - Law clerk, Hon. Peter W. Hall, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2006-2007 - Law clerk, Hon. John A. Dooley, Vermont Supreme Court, 2005-2006 - The 20th federal district judge in the District of Maine ### Education - Cornell Law School — J.D. (2005) - James Madison University — B.A. (2000) ### Additional information - Nominated by President Joe Biden on April 24, 2024, to replace Judge Jon D. Levy, who took senior status on May 6, 2024 - Commission issued: August 22, 2024 - Sworn in: August 26, 2024 - Commissioner, Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices, 2022-2024 - Private practice, Portland, Maine, 2013-2024 - Project Safe Childhood coordinator, 2011-2013 - Born 1978 in Natick, Massachusetts. - As U.S. District Judge for the District of Maine, Neumann presides over federal cases in the state, including criminal, civil, and administrative matters, and continues to contribute to the court’s legal and advisory functions ## 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 ### courtroom technology Scope: courtwide Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge. Evidence excerpt: . The EEP also allows attorneys to connect a laptop for presentation of evidence using PowerPoint or other presentation software. Attorneys MUST provide their own technical assistance in preparing the laptop evidence presentation. [Electronic Evidence Presenter | District of Maine | United States District Court](https://www.med.uscourts.gov/electronic-evidence-presenter) 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/13761806) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761806) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761806) - [Electronic Evidence Presenter | District of Maine | United States District Court](https://www.med.uscourts.gov/electronic-evidence-presenter) - [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 Stacey Diane Neumann](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761806) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/stacey-d-neumann", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/stacey-d-neumann", "name": "Stacey Diane Neumann | KnowJudges", "description": "Stacey Diane Neumann, U.S. District Court for the District of Maine. 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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.