Ralph R. Beistline

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Ralph R. Beistline (born 1948) is an Alaskan United States federal judge.

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.

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Hezekiah Russel Holland
Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska
March 19, 2002 present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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