Ralph R. Beistline

Ralph R. Beistline
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
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 Mark 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 Hezekiah Russel Holland
Succeeded by vacant
Personal details
Born 1948 (age 6768)
Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.
Alma mater University of Alaska
University of Puget Sound School of Law

Ralph R. Beistline (born 1948) is a Senior United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska.

Born in Fairbanks, Alaska, Beistline received a B.A. from the University of Alaska in 1972 and a J.D. from the University of Puget Sound 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. He was a judge on the Superior Court, Fairbanks, Alaska, from 1992 to 2002.

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 Hezekiah Russel Holland. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 12, 2002, and received his commission on March 19, 2002. He assumed senior status on December 31, 2015.

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Legal offices
Preceded by
John W. Sedwick
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
2009–2015
Succeeded by
Timothy Mark Burgess
Preceded by
Hezekiah Russel Holland
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
2002–2015
Vacant
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