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Judge directorySteven Paul Logan

Active District judge

Steven Paul Logan

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Arizona

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Overview

Identity and service

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

Judicial role
Judge
Service status
Active
Court level
District
Jurisdiction
Federal
02

Background

Biography and career

Born
1965 in Tacoma, WA
Gender
Male
Race
Black or African American
Political affiliation
Democratic (via appointer)

Education

  • University of LouisvilleB.S., 1988
  • National UniversityM.A., 1997

Professional career

  • U.S. Marine Corps captain, 1992-1999
  • chief civil law attorney, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, 1996-present
  • chief prosecutor, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, 1996-1999
  • U.S. Marine Corps Reserve colonel, 1999-present
  • ���Member, Trial Advovacy Team, 1999-2004
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Minnesota, 1999-2001
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Arizona, 2001-2010
  • ���Senior defense counsel, Iraq, 2004-present
  • ���Military judge, Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary, 2005-present
  • ���Liaison officer to the Al Anbar, Iraq Provincial Chief Judge, Iraq, 2007-2008
  • ���Senior legal mentor to the Afghanistan National Army, Afghanistan, 2008-2009
  • white collar public corruption chief, 2008-2009
  • Immigration judge, Executive Office for Immigration Review, U.S. Department of Justice, 2010-2012
  • ���Staff judge advocate, Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, NE, 2012-present
  • ���Staff judge advocate, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, CA, 2012-2013
  • U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 2012-2014
  • ���Military court of appeals judge, Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals, Washington, D.C., 2013-present
  • <Br>Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, September 19, 2013-present

Judicial service

  • Judge, District Court, D. Arizona, 2014-present

Source: CourtListener / Free Law Project public biographical data. Demographic and political labels are incomplete, source-attributed, and are not used to infer judicial behavior. “Via appointer” describes CourtListener’s attribution method, not verified personal party membership.

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Before you appear

Preparation checklist

  1. 01

    Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.

  2. 02

    Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.

  3. 03

    Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

Scope note

Statewide and courtwide guidance is labeled by scope and is not evidence of a personal preference. Division, judge-specific, or case-specific orders may control.

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Presentation rules

What the public sources say

CourtwideExplicit
Civil Trial Or Hearing

Leave required

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.

Page
Current official rules page and linked rules compilation
Section
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a); district civil proceedings only
Last checked
July 26, 2026
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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.

The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.

CourtwideExplicit
Criminal Proceeding

Restricted

Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.

Page
Official U.S. Courts history and current rule text
Section
Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53; criminal proceedings
Last checked
July 26, 2026
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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.

The requirement is stated in current official court rules and is attached at court scope, not as a personal preference.

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Courtroom technology

Published equipment guidance

Courtwide

Allowed with notice

U.S. District Court, District of Arizona Portable Electronic Video Presentation Systems in Magistrate Courtrooms Phoenix Courtroom 302, 303, 304 and 305 Tucson Courtroom 3A, 3B, 3C, 5E, 5F, 6E and 6F Plan Ahead to Use the Equipment Contact the Courtroom Clerk 25-30 days before your trial or hearing to schedule a courtroom technology review and…

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Courtwide

Allowed with notice

U.S. District Court, District of Arizona Electronic Video Presentation Systems in Evidentiary/Trial Courtrooms Phoenix 4th floor, 5th floor, 6th floor and Special Proceedings Courtrooms Tucson 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D, 6A, 6B, 6D and Special Proceedings Courtrooms Flagstaff Courtroom and Yuma Courtroom 1 Plan Ahead to Use the Equipment Contact the Courtroom Clerk 25-30 days before…

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Published opinion footprint

Decisions and citations

Opinion data is not yet indexed for this profile

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Sources

Public documents behind this profile

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Change history

How this profile entered KYJ

Current profile indexed

Identity imported from Federal Judicial Center Biographical Directory. 4 presentation-related claims migrated with source provenance.