System and method for cell phone cases with charging port illumination

A cell phone case comprising:

• a removable case separable from the other shell of a cell phone wherein the removable case has an inner side and outer side wherein the case is configured to securely house a cell phone within its inner side wherein the case comprises a back panel configured to cover the back of the cell phone when the cell phone is housed in the case and a side wall extending from the back panel toward the inner side of the case wherein the side wall comprises a charging port opening configured to provide access through the charging port opening to a charging port of the cell phone when the cell phone is housed in the case wherein the charging port opening is configured to at least partially surrounds the charging port of the cell phone when the cell phone is housed in the removable case;
• and
• circuitry comprising a battery, a switch, and a light emitting diode (LED) electrically connected together so that the battery powers the LED to emit light when the switch is operated wherein
• the circuitry is embedded in the back panel of the removable case and wherein the LED is positioned in the back panel of the case so that the LED is positioned above the charging port of the cell phone when the cell phone is housed in the removable case and the light emitted from the LED is emitted from above is directed from within the back panel of the cell phone case toward the inner side of the side wall to illuminate the charging port opening.