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Ralph R. Beistline

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska. Senior status since December 31, 2015.

Confirmed 98 to 0Confirmed from the official record
Appointed by
George W. Bush
Nominated
November 8, 2001
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
February 26, 2002
Committee action
Reported (favorably), March 7, 2002
Senate vote
Recorded vote, 98 to 0
Confirmed
March 12, 2002
Commissioned
March 19, 2002
Senior status
Since December 31, 2015
American Bar Association rating
Qualified

Born 1948, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.

Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.

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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it

  • Law clerk, Hon. Warren W. Taylor, Gerald Van Hoomissen, and Everett W. Hepp, Alaska Superior Court, Third Judicial District, 1974-1975
  • Private practice, Alaska, 1975-1992
  • Judge, Alaska Superior Court, Third Judicial District, 1992-2002

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