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American judge (born 1948)

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Ralph Beistline
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
Incumbent
Assumed office December 31, 2015
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
In office 2009 – December 31, 2015
Preceded by	John W. Sedwick
Succeeded by	Timothy M. Burgess
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
In office March 19, 2002 – December 31, 2015
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	H. Russel Holland
Succeeded by	Joshua Kindred
Personal details
Born	Ralph Robert Beistline[1] (1948-12-06) December 6, 1948 (age 76) Fairbanks, Alaska
Education	University of Alaska Fairbanks (BA) Seattle University (JD)

Ralph Robert Beistline (born December 6, 1948) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska.

Education and career

Born in Fairbanks, Alaska, Beistline received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1972 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University School of Law) in 1974. He was a law clerk to three judges on the Superior Court in Fairbanks from 1974 to 1975, and was thereafter in private practice in Alaska from 1975 to 1992, when he was appointed a judge on the Alaska Superior Court.

District court service

Beistline was nominated by President George W. Bush on November 8, 2001, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Alaska vacated by H. Russel Holland. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 12, 2002, and received his commission on March 19, 2002. He was the chief judge from 2009 to 2015. He assumed senior status on December 31, 2015.^[2]

References

1. ^ 107-2 Hearings: Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments, S. Hrg. 107-584, Pt. 3, January 24, February 26, March 19, April 11, and April 25, 2002
2. ^ Ralph Beistline at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources

• Ralph Beistline at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by H. Russel Holland	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska 2002–2015	Succeeded by Joshua Kindred
Preceded by John W. Sedwick	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska 2009–2015	Succeeded by Timothy M. Burgess