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Kenneth M. Hoyt
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Senior status since March 2, 2013.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- November 24, 1987
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 29, 1988
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 24, 1988
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- March 31, 1988
- Commissioned
- April 1, 1988
- Senior status
- Since March 2, 2013
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1948, 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
- Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1972-1985
- City attorney, Kendleton, Texas, 1975-1981
- City attorney, Prairie View, Texas
- Presiding judge, Harris County [Texas] One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth District Court, 1981-1982
- Faculty, Trial Advocacy Program, South Texas College, 1981-1982
- Adjunct professor, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, 1983-1984
- Justice, First Court of Appeals of Texas, 1985-1988
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