| Joseph H. Young | |
| Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland |
| Term Start: | August 1, 1987 |
| Term End: | March 14, 2015 |
| Office1: | Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland |
| Term Start1: | July 29, 1971 |
| Term End1: | August 1, 1987 |
| Appointer1: | Richard Nixon |
| Predecessor1: | Robert Dorsey Watkins |
| Successor1: | Marvin J. Garbis |
| Birth Name: | Joseph H. Young |
| Birth Date: | 18 July 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Hagerstown, Maryland |
| Death Place: | Baltimore, Maryland |
| 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]
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. 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]