United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
19 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted. Court-wide standing orders ↓
Aloysius Joseph ConnorDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Hugh Henry BownesDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Paul James BarbadoroSenior status
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Talesha L. Saint-Marc
Magistrate judge
Shane DevineDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
George Franklin MorrisDeceased
District judge, appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
Joseph Normand Laplante
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Edgar AldrichDeceased
District judge, appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
Landya Marie Boyer McCafferty
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Daniel ClarkDeceased
District judge, appointed by Andrew Johnson (Democratic)
Steven James McAuliffeSenior status
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Martin Francis LoughlinDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Joseph Anthony DiClerico Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Samantha Dowd Elliott
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Norman Harold StahlDeceased
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Andrea K. Johnstone
Magistrate judge
Matthew HarveyDeceased
District judge, appointed by Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
John PickeringDeceased
District judge, appointed by George Washington (Federalist)
John SullivanDeceased
District judge, appointed by George Washington (Federalist)
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 9, 2026). Courts revise these, so confirm the current version before you file. The court's local rules ↗
- Order 25-7 - Access, Service, and Management of Sealed Documents ↗
- Order 21-15 - Protocol Governing the Filing of Highly Sensitive Information ↗
- Order 26-1 - Eliminating Acknowledgment of Proposed Sentencing Options and Supervision Conditions ↗
Filing
File motions seeking highly sensitive information designation and the sensitive document conventionally.
“A motion to designate information as HSI and the document containing HSI must be conventionally filed.”
Filing
When only part of a document contains highly sensitive information, provide both a redacted copy and a highlighted unredacted copy.
“If only a portion of the document contains HSI the party must provide both (1) a redacted copy, and (2) an unredacted copy of the document highlighting in a translucent color the portion(s) of the document containing HSI.”
Filing
Criminal defendants no longer need to execute Criminal Form 5 acknowledging proposed sentencing options and supervision conditions.
“defendants are no longer required to execute Criminal Form 5.”
Sealing
Continue filing sealed documents in CM/ECF, but expect no electronic access to the documents after filing.
“Sealed documents will continue to be filed in CM/ECF under the Court’s existing procedures. After filing, these documents will no longer be accessible or viewable in CM/ECF.”
Sealing
Do not rely on CM/ECF to serve sealed documents.
“No service of sealed documents is available through CM/ECF.”