District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands
4 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted. Court-wide standing orders ↓
Ramona Villagomez Manglona
District_judge judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Alfred LauretaRetired 1988
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Alex Robert MunsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Heather L. Kennedy
Magistrate judge
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 10, 2026). Courts revise these, so confirm the current version before you file. The court's local rules ↗
- General Order 25-00002: Sealed Documents No Longer Accessible in CM/ECF or PACER; New Procedures for Access and Management of Sealed Matters ↗
- General Order 24-00002: Procedures for Requesting, Filing, and Management of Highly Sensitive Documents ↗
- General Order 25-00003: Policy Allowing Remote Audio Access to Court Proceedings in Civil and Bankruptcy Cases ↗
Conferences
A party or witness objecting to remote public audio access must file an objection at least 14 calendar days before the proceeding.
“Any party or witness who objects to the provision or non-provision of remote public access, or the form of remote public access provided, shall file an objection at least 14 calendar days before the proceeding.”
Sealing
Sealed documents remain filed in CM/ECF but can no longer be viewed there or in PACER.
“Sealed documents will continue to be filed in CM/ECF under existing procedures but are no longer be accessible or viewable in CM/ECF.”
Sealing
Serve sealed documents by an appropriate method outside CM/ECF.
“Parties must serve sealed documents by other appropriate means as provided by the applicable rule of Federal Procedure.”
Sealing
A party seeking to file a highly sensitive document must first seek leave of court and certify a good-faith belief that the material qualifies.
“Any party seeking to file an HSD must, before such filing, seek leave of court for such filing in the manner provided in paragraph 2(b).”
Sealing
Submit a request for highly sensitive document designation and the proposed document to the clerk in a sealed envelope marked “HIGHLY SENSITIVE DOCUMENT.”
“The request and the proposed HSD material shall be submitted to the clerk’s office in a sealed envelope marked ‘HIGHLY SENSITIVE DOCUMENT.’”