Joseph Martin Hood (born 1942) is a senior

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of the

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Education and career

Born in Ashland,

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, Hood received a

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degree from the

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in 1965 and a Juris Doctor from the

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in 1972. He was in the

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Captain from 1966 to 1970. He was a law clerk to Judge Howard David Hermansdorfer of the

from 1972 to 1976, and was then a

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for the same court from 1976 to 1990.

Federal judicial service

On January 24, 1990, Hood was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a seat on the

vacated by Judge

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. Hood was confirmed by the

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on April 27, 1990, and received his commission on April 30, 1990. He served as Chief Judge from 2005 to 2007, assuming

senior status Senior status is a form of semi- retirement for United States federal judges. To qualify, a judge in the federal court system must be at least 65 years old, and the sum of the judge's age and years of service as a federal judge must be at leas ...

on October 14, 2007. He has been a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States since 2016.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hood, Joseph Martin 1942 births Living people Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky United States district court judges appointed by George H. W. Bush 20th-century American judges University of Kentucky College of Law alumni United States Army officers United States magistrate judges People from Ashland, Kentucky 21st-century American judges