Kenneth M. Hoyt at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- Jurisdiction
- Texas · Federal
- Judicial service
- April 1, 1988–present
Kenneth M. Hoyt
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Available research
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Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: City attorney, Kendleton, Texas, 1975-1981
- Professional Career: City attorney, Prairie View, Texas
- Professional Career: Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1972-1985
- Justice, First Court of Appeals of Texas, 1985-1988
- Adjunct professor, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, 1983-1984
- Faculty, Trial Advocacy Program, South Texas College, 1981-1982
- Presiding judge, Harris County Texas One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth District Court, 1981-1982
- City attorney, Kendleton, TX, 1975-1981
- Private practice, Houston, TX, 1972-1985
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, S.D. Texas, 1988-2013
- Professional Career: Justice, First Court of Appeals of Texas, 1985-1988
- Professional Career: Presiding judge, Harris County [Texas] One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth District Court, 1981-1982
Education
- Texas Southern University · A.B., 1969
- Thurgood Marshall School of Law · Juris Doctor
- Texas Southern University School of Law · J.D., 1972
Personal record
Born 1948 · San Augustine County, TX
Courtroom rules and guidance
Civil Remote Testimony
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.
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 ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
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 ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/1382471CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1541/kenneth-m-hoyt/Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts