--- title: "Victor E. Bianchini | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/victor-e-bianchini-9662" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Victor E. Bianchini U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York · Magistrate ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York - State: New York - Role: Magistrate - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, 1998-2002 - Trial Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, 1982-1998 - Victor Eugene Bianchini is a retired State of California Superior Court Judge, a retired, U.S. Magistrate Judge, and a retired Colonel, United States Marine Corps ### Education ### Additional information - Magistrate, District Court, W.D. New York, 2006-present - Magistrate, District Court, N.D. New York, 2006-present - Magistrate, District Court, C.D. California, 1974-1982 - Born 1938. - Date of birth: 1938 - Currently a full-time arbitrator and mediator ## 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 ### recording and photography Scope: statewide New York statewide rules require permission before photographing, filming, videotaping, audiotaping, broadcasting, or telecasting in court facilities, including courtrooms. Evidence excerpt: Taking photographs, films or videotapes, or audiotaping, broadcasting or telecasting, in a courthouse including any courtroom, office or hallway thereof, at any time or on any occasion, whether or not the court is in session, is forbidden, unless permission of the Chief Administrator of the Courts or a designee of the Chief Administrator is first obtained [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### evidence presentation control Scope: statewide The official Guide to New York Evidence identifies court control over presentation of evidence as a statewide evidence topic; counsel should expect the assigned judge to control the mode and order of proof. Evidence excerpt: 1.07. COURT CONTROL OVER PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9662/victor-e-bianchini/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9662/victor-e-bianchini/) - [U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9662/victor-e-bianchini/) - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true) - [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9662/victor-e-bianchini/) - [Victor Bianchini - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Victor_Bianchini) - [Victor Bianchini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Bianchini) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/victor-e-bianchini-9662", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/victor-e-bianchini-9662", "name": "Victor E. 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[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.