Denise Page Hood

American judge (born 1952)

Denise Arlene Page Hood (born 1952) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan .

Education and career

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Born in Columbus, Ohio , Hood received a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1974 and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1977. She was assistant corporation counsel to the Law Department of the City of Detroit , Michigan , from 1977 to 1982. She then held several state judicial positions, first on the 36th District Court of Michigan from 1983 to 1989, then on the Recorder's Court of the City of Detroit from 1989 to 1992, and lastly on the Michigan Circuit Court for Wayne County , Michigan, from 1993 to 1994.

Federal judicial service

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On March 9, 1994, Hood was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan vacated by George E. Woods . She was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 15, 1994, and received her commission on June 16, 1994. She became Chief Judge on December 31, 2015. and served in that role until February 15, 2022. She assumed senior status on May 1, 2022.

Personal life

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Page Hood is married to Rev. Nicholas Hood III, current pastor at the Plymouth United Church of Christ in Detroit and a former member of the Detroit City Council . The two have a son, Noah Hood , who currently serves on the Michigan Supreme Court .

See also

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• List of African-American federal judges

• List of African-American jurists

References

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1. ↑ Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, on Confirmation of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, March 25; April 21, 22, 29; May 12 and 25, 1994 . U.S. Government Printing Office. 1996. p. 1113.

2. ↑ "The Honorable Denise Page Hood's Biography" .

3. ↑ "Judicial Milestones: Denise Page Hood", uscourts.gov

4. ↑ Denise Page Hood at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

5. ↑ Miller, Matthew (2025-04-24). "Whitmer appoints Court of Appeals Judge Noah Hood to Michigan Supreme Court" . mlive. Retrieved 2025-05-30.

External links

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• Denise Page Hood at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

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