Joseph H. Young

Joseph H. Young
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
In office August 1, 1987 – March 14, 2015
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
In office July 29, 1971 – August 1, 1987
Appointed by	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Robert Dorsey Watkins
Succeeded by	Marvin J. Garbis
Personal details
Born	Joseph H. Young (1922-07-18)July 18, 1922 Hagerstown, Maryland
Died	March 14, 2015(2015-03-14) (aged 92) Baltimore, Maryland
Political party	Republican
Education	Dartmouth College (A.B.) University of Virginia School of Law (LL.B.)

Joseph H. Young (July 18, 1922 – March 14, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.

Born in Hagerstown, Maryland, Young was an infantryman in the United States Army during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Dartmouth College in 1948 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1951. He was in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1951 to 1971, and was an instructor at Johns Hopkins University from 1954 to 1964.^{[1][JHU_Law 1]}

On July 19, 1971, Young was nominated by President Richard Nixon to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland vacated by Judge Robert Dorsey Watkins. Young was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 29, 1971, and received his commission the same day.^[1] He assumed senior status on August 1, 1987, and assumed inactive senior status on July 31, 2002.^[2] Young died on March 14, 2015, in Baltimore of complications from a fall suffered two weeks before his death.^[3]

• Joseph H. Young at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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