Keli Marie Neary at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania · Federal
- Judicial service
- January 17, 2025–present
Keli Marie Neary
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Available research
Case AnalyticsPrecomputed 1Y, 2Y, 5Y, and 10Y public federal docket metricsAI abuse cases2 directly linked casesBiography and careerSource-attributed professional, judicial, and education recordCourtroom rules2 sourced items, labeled by scopeSourcesOfficial and public records supporting this profile
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AI abuse cases
2 casesAI-related ruling · March 16, 2026
Domingo Beato-Estrella v. M. Arviza
- Court response
- Warning
AI-related ruling · December 17, 2025
Russel Williams Home Services LLC v. Minleon International (USA) Limited LLC, et al.
- Court response
- Order to Show Cause
Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, 2012-2025; deputy attorney general III, 2012-2016; senior deputy attorney general, 2016-2018; chief deputy attorney general, 2018-2019; executive deputy attorney general, 2019-2025
- Professional Career: Assistant counsel, Pennsylvania State Police, 2007-2012; assistant counsel I, 2007-2009; assistant counsel II, 2009-2011; assistant counsel III, 2011-2012
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. C. Joseph Rehkamp, Court of Common Pleas of Perry-Juniata County [Pennsylvania], 2006-2007
Education
- University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown · B.A., 2003
- Widener University Commonwealth Law School · J.D., 2006
Courtroom rules and guidance
Civil Remote Testimony
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.
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 ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
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 ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761907Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts