US District Court Judge Mark L. Wolf , who served as chief judge of the federal district court in Boston before taking senior status in 2012 , has fully retired from the bench, officials said Friday.

In a statement, Clerk of Court Robert M. Ferrell’s office said Wolf, appointed by Ronald Reagan to the court in 1985, was stepping aside “after more than 40 years of service to the public” as a federal jurist.

“Judge Wolf has served on this Court with distinction for over four decades,” Chief Judge Denise J. Casper of the federal district court in Boston said in the statement.

Wolf’s “steadfast commitment to the rule of law, determination in wrestling with novel issues of fact and law, and dedication to making fair, equitable, and legally sound decisions without fear or favor are th

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