Sherri Allen Lydon at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
- Jurisdiction
- South Carolina · Federal
- Judicial service
- December 10, 2019–present
Sherri Allen Lydon
Judge · U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
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 rules3 sourced items, labeled by scopeSourcesOfficial and public records supporting this profile
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AI abuse cases
2 casesAI-related ruling · February 9, 2026
Nelson L. Bruce v. The United States
- Court response
- Warning
AI-related ruling · December 29, 2025
Cherleatha B. v. Frank Bisignano
- Court response
- Warning
Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Chief, State Grand Jury, Office of the South Carolina Attorney General, 2003-2004
- Professional Career: Private practice, Columbia, South Carolina, 1987-1990, 1995-2003, 2005-2018
- Professional Career: Assistant U.S. attorney, District of South Carolina, 1990-1993
- Professional Career: Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1993-1995
- Professional Career: U.S. attorney for the District of South Carolina, 2018-2019
Education
- Clemson University · B.A., 1983
- University of South Carolina School of Law · J.D., 1987
Courtroom rules and guidance
Courtroom Technology
Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge.
. Document Camera While many documents are displayed using a laptop computer, the courtroom’s evidence presentation cart features a high definition document camera that can display paper documents and objects on the courtroom monitors. The document camera zoom lens can display even the smallest details of any object.SCD - Electronic Courtrooms Table of Contents ↗
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/7470671SCD - Electronic Courtrooms Table of Contents
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 24, 2026
https://coop.scd.uscourts.gov/eCourtroom/index.aspFederal 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