--- title: "Denise Page Hood | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/denise-page-hood" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Denise Page Hood U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan - State: Michigan - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, E.D. Michigan, 1994-present - Judge, Michigan Circuit Court, Wayne County, 1993-1994 - Judge, Recorder's Court of the City of Detroit [Michigan], 1989-1992 - Judge, Michigan District Court, Thirty-Sixth Judicial District, 1983-1989 - Began her legal career as an assistant corporation counsel for the City of Detroit Law Department from 1977 to 1982 ### Education - Columbia Law School — J.D. (1977) - Yale University — B.A. (1974) ### Additional information - She held the role of Chief Judge from December 31, 2015, to February 15, 2022, and assumed senior status on May 1, 2022 - On March 9, 1994, Hood was nominated by President Bill Clinton to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, filling the seat vacated by George E. Woods. - She also chairs the Pro Bono Committee of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and has been active in professional organizations, including serving as the first African American female president of the Detroit Bar Association in 1993 - Assistant corporation counsel, Detroit, MI, 1977-1982 - Assistant corporation counsel, Detroit, Michigan, 1977-1982 - Date of birth: 1952-01-01 - Judge Hood has presided over both criminal and civil cases, including high-profile matters such as the Dow Corning bankruptcy and breast implant settlement involving the $3.1 billion Settlement Facility-Dow Corning Trust. - Her awards include the Damon J. Keith Community Spirit Award, Michigan Anti-Defamation League Women of Achievement Award, Thurgood Marshall College Fund Award of Excellence, and the Fair Housing Center of Metro Detroit’s Fair Housing Attorney Appreciation Award - Hood has contributed extensively to community and professional organizations, including the Lula Belle Stewart Center, Cyprian Center, Interim House, Olivet College Board of Trustees, Harper-Hutzel Hospital Board, and InsideOut Literary Arts Project Board. - Birth place: Columbus, OH ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1382366) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1382366) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1382366) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1509/denise-page-hood/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1509/denise-page-hood/) - [Hood, Denise Page](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1382366) - [Wikidata: Denise Page Hood](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5257733) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/denise-page-hood", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/denise-page-hood", "name": "Denise Page Hood | KnowJudges", "description": "Denise Page Hood, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.