- Don John Young
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Don John Young (July 13, 1910 – May 10, 1996) was a United States federal judge.
Born in Norwalk, Ohio, Young received an A.B. from Case Western Reserve University in 1932 and an LL.B. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1934. He was in private practice in Norwalk, Ohio from 1934 to 1952. He was a judge of the Huron County Court of Common Pleas from 1952 to 1953. He was a judge on the Probate and Juvenile Court, Huron County from 1953 to 1965.
Young was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Young was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 5, 1965, to a seat vacated by Frank Le Blond Kloeb. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 21, 1965, and received his commission on May 22, 1965. He assumed senior status on July 1, 1980. Young served in that capacity until May 10, 1996, due to his death.
He died in Sandusky, Ohio.
Sources
- Don John Young at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Categories:- 1910 births
- 1996 deaths
- Ohio state court judges
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- United States district court judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
- People from Huron County, Ohio
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