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Joseph Martin Hood
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Senior status since October 14, 2007.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- January 24, 1990
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- April 4, 1990
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 26, 1990
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- April 27, 1990
- Commissioned
- April 30, 1990
- Senior status
- Since October 14, 2007
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1942, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- U.S. Army captain, 1966-1970
- Law clerk, Hon. David Hermansdorfer, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 1972-1976
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2016-2019
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