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.
Denise Page Hood
Michigan Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Born 1952 in Columbus, OH
FJC ID: 1087
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 13/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 24/year
Michigan Eastern District Court · 1994–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- African American
Prior employment
- Michigan Circuit Court, Wayne CountyJudge · 1993–1994
- Recorder's Court of the City of Detroit [Michigan]Judge · 1989–1992
- Michigan District Court, Thirty-Sixth Judicial DistrictJudge · 1983–1989
- Detroit, MichiganAssistant corporation counsel · 1977–1982
Appointments
1994–2022 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1977- Yale UniversityB.A. · 1974