United States District Court for the District of Alaska
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| United States District Court for the District of Alaska (D. Alaska) |
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| Appeals to | Ninth Circuit |
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| Established | July 7, 1958 |
| Judges assigned | 3 |
| Chief judge | John W. Sedwick |
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The United States District Court for the District of Alaska (in case citations, D. Alaska) is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Alaska. Offices are located in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, and Nome.[1] Appeals from the District are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
The United States Congress organized Alaska as one judicial district on July 7, 1958 by 72 Stat. 339, authorizing one judgeship for the U.S. district court, and assigned the district to the Ninth Circuit. A second judgeship was authorized on May 19, 1961 by 75 Stat. 80, and a third was authorized on July 10, 1984 by 98 Stat. 333.
The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current United States Attorney is Nelson P. Cohen.
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[edit] Current Judges
| Judge | Appointed by | Began active service |
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| Ralph R. Beistline | George W. Bush | March 19, 2002 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Timothy Mark Burgess | George W. Bush | January 23, 2006 | Incumbent | – | – |
| John W. Sedwick | George H. W. Bush | October 9, 1992 | Incumbent | – | – |
| James Arnold von der Heydt | Lyndon B. Johnson | November 3, 1966 | July 15, 1984 | Incumbent | – |
| James Martin Fitzgerald | Gerald Ford | December 20, 1974 | January 1, 1989 | Incumbent | – |
| Hezekiah Russel Holland | Ronald Reagan | July 16, 1984 | September 18, 2001 | Incumbent | – |
| James Keith Singleton, Jr. | George H. W. Bush | May 14, 1990 | January 27, 2005 | Incumbent | – |
[edit] Former Judges
| Judge | Appointed by | Began active service |
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| Walter Hartman Hodge | Dwight D. Eisenhower | February 19, 1960 | August 30, 1966 | July 12, 1975 | death |
| Andrew Kleinfeld | Ronald Reagan | May 15, 1986 | October 7, 1991 | – | reappointment |
| Raymond Eugene Plummer | John F. Kennedy | September 18, 1961 | June 1, 1973 | December 26, 1987 | death |
[edit] See also
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[edit] External links
- United States District Court for the District of Alaska Official Website
- U.S. District Courts of Alaska, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center
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