New Magistrate Judge announced in Bingham County

BLACKFOOT, Idaho (KIFI) – The Seventh Judicial District Magistrate Commission has selected N. Paul Rogers as the new Bingham County Magistrate Judge. Rogers will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of the Honorable Scott H. Hansen on January 10, 2027. 

Rogers has served as the Custer County Prosecutor since 2025. He also currently maintains a private practice, Rogers Law, PLLC, and serves as Civil Counsel for Bingham County. From 2023 to 2025, Rogers worked for the Department of Energy. He worked as Bingham County Prosecuting Attorney and Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney between 2013 and 2023 and as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Bonneville County from 2011 to 2013. Rogers clerked for the Honorable David C. Nye from 2009 to 2011. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Idaho, College of Law in 2009. He received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Regis University in 2018 and a Bachelor of Science in Health Science from Brigham Young University – Idaho in 2005. 

The Magistrate Commission Chairman, Administrative District Judge Steven W. Boyce, announced the appointment after the commission interviewed highly qualified candidates for each position.  Judge Boyce and the Magistrate Commission are confident that the people of Bingham County and the Seventh Judicial District as a whole will be well served by the appointees. 

Judge Boyce complimented the Magistrate Commission for its thorough examination of the candidates and expressed the Judiciary’s appreciation for the contribution made by each member. 

“Seeing the hard work and thoughtful consideration exercised by each member of the Seventh Judicial District Magistrates Commission reaffirms my confidence in the process enacted by our legislators to select highly qualified and honorable magistrate judges,” explained Judge Boyce. 

Upon appointment, magistrate judges serve an 18-month probationary period after which they stand for retention election in the county in which they are seated, and if retained, serve a term of four (4) years.