--- title: "Susan Mason Bazis | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/susan-m-bazis" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Susan Mason Bazis U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - State: Nebraska - 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 judge serving on the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska since April 10, 2024 - Current role: Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska (appointed by President Joe Biden, confirmed by the Senate 78–21 on April 9, 2024; commission issued April 10, 2024) - U.S. Magistrate Judge, District of Nebraska (2017–2024) - Judge, Douglas County [Nebraska] Court, 2007-2016; presiding judge, 2010-2013 - Assistant public defender, Douglas County, Nebraska, 1994-1996 ### Education - Creighton University School of Law — J.D. (1993) - University of Nebraska Omaha — magna cum laude — B.S. (1990) ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, D. Nebraska, 2017-present - President Biden nominated her on December 19, 2023; the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on January 24, 2024, and she was confirmed by a 78–21 vote on April 9, 2024 - In January 2023, Senator Deb Fischer recommended Bazis to the Biden administration for the Nebraska federal judgeship. - Bazis has received multiple awards, including the Nebraska Supreme Court’s Distinguished Judge, Service to the Community Award (2011) and the Nebraska State Bar Foundation’s Public Service Award (2016). - 2001–2007: Solo practitioner (Bazis Law Offices, P.C.) - Private practice, Omaha, Nebraska, 1993-1994, 1996-2007 - Born October 5, 1968, Omaha, Nebraska. - She is a member of the Nebraska State Bar Association and serves on the Nebraska Supreme Court’s State and Federal Judicial Council ## 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: courtwide Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge. Evidence excerpt: Digital recording . Evidence presentation cart may also be available. Contact courtroom deputy for details. [Omaha - Courtroom 5 | District of Nebraska | United States District Court](https://www.ned.uscourts.gov/attorney/courtroom-technology/omaha-courtroom-5) 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/13761616) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761616) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761616) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9369/susan-m-bazis/) - [Omaha - Courtroom 5 | District of Nebraska | United States District Court](https://www.ned.uscourts.gov/attorney/courtroom-technology/omaha-courtroom-5) - [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/9369/susan-m-bazis/) - [Judge Susan Mason Bazis](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761616) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/susan-m-bazis", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/susan-m-bazis", "name": "Susan Mason Bazis | KnowJudges", "description": "Susan Mason Bazis, U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska. 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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.