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{{Infobox U.S. district court
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|state = Alaska
|district name = United States District Court for the District of Alaska
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|abbrev = D. Alaska
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|established = July 7, 1958<small> (by the [[Alaska Statehood Act]], began operating February 1960)</small>
|established = July 7, 1958<small> ([[Alaska Statehood Act]])
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|judges assigned = 3
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|chief judge = Ralph R. Beistline
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The '''United States District Court for the District of Alaska''' (in [[case citation]]s, '''D. Alaska''') is the [[United States District Court|Federal district court]] whose jurisdiction is the state of [[Alaska]]. Offices are located in [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]], [[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks]], [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]], [[Ketchikan, Alaska|Ketchikan]], and [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]].<ref>[http://www.akd.uscourts.gov/offices.htm]</ref> 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 [[United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit|Federal Circuit]]).
The '''United States District Court for the District of Alaska''' (in [[case citation]]s, '''D. Alaska''') is a federal court in the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|Ninth Circuit]] (except for [[patent]] claims and claims against the U.S. government under the [[Tucker Act]], which are appealed to the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit|Federal Circuit]]).


==Organization of the court==
The [[United States Congress]] organized Alaska as one judicial district on July 7, 1958 by [[Alaska Statehood Act|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 District Court for the District of Alaska is the sole federal judicial district in Alaska.<ref>[http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/28/I/5/81A 28 U.S.C. § 81A]</ref> Court is held at [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]], [[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks]], [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]], [[Ketchikan, Alaska|Ketchikan]], and [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]].


[[Anchorage, Alaska|'''Anchorage''']] Division comprises the following counties: [[Aleutians East, Alaska|Aleutians East]], [[Aleutians West, Alaska|Aleutians West]], [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]], [[Bethel, Alaska|Bethel]], [[Bristol Bay, Alaska|Bristol Bay]], [[Dillingham, Alaska|Dillingham]], [[Kenai Peninsula, Alaska|Kenai Peninsula]], [[Kodiak Island, Alaska|Kodiak Island]], [[Lake and Peninsula, Alaska|Lake and Peninsula]], [[Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska|Matanuska-Susitna]], and [[Valdez-Cordova, Alaska|Valdez-Cordova]].
The '''United States Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska''' represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The office was officially divided between Civil and Criminal Divisions during the early 1990s. Prior to that, Assistant United States Attorneys working out of Alaska could be expected to work on both types of cases.<ref>{{cite book |title=The United States District Court for the District of Alaska - Our First Fifty Years|year=2010|publisher=Clerk of Court, District of Alaska|location=Anchorage|page=34}}</ref> The current United States Attorney is [[Karen L. Loeffler]].<ref>''The United States District Court for the District of Alaska - Our First Fifty Years'', p. 35</ref>

[[Fairbanks, Alaska|'''Fairbanks''']] Division comprises the following counties:

[[Juneau, Alaska|'''Juneau''']] Division comprises the following counties: [[Haines, Alaska|Haines]], [[Hoonah-Angoon, Alaska|Hoonah-Angoon]], [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]], [[Sitka, Alaska|Sitka]], [[Skagway, Alaska|Skagway]], and [[Yakutat, Alaska|Yakutat]].

[[Ketchikan, Alaska|'''Ketchikan''']] Division comprises the following counties: [[Ketchikan Gateway, Alaska|Ketchikan Gateway]], [[Petersburg, Alaska|Petersburg]], [[Prince of Wales-Hyder, Alaska|Prince of Wales]], and [[Wrangell, Alaska|Wrangell]].

[[Nome, Alaska|'''Nome''']] Division comprises the following counties: [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]], [[North Slope, Alaska|North Slope]] and [[Northwest Arctic, Alaska|Northwest Arctic]].


==Current judges==
==Current judges==

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[[File:alaska-district-judges.jpg|thumb|825px|center|From left to right: Fitzgerald, Magistrate Judge John D. Roberts, Holland, Singleton, Sedwick, Magistrate Judge Deborah M. Smith, Burgess, Beistline, von der Heydt. Photo taken ca. 2009-2010]]


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 04:27, 22 December 2013

United States District Court for the District of Alaska
EstablishedJuly 7, 1958 (Alaska Statehood Act)

The United States District Court for the District of Alaska (in case citations, D. Alaska) is a federal court in 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).

Organization of the court

The United States District Court for the District of Alaska is the sole federal judicial district in Alaska.[1] Court is held at Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, and Nome.

Anchorage Division comprises the following counties: Aleutians East, Aleutians West, Anchorage, Bethel, Bristol Bay, Dillingham, Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak Island, Lake and Peninsula, Matanuska-Susitna, and Valdez-Cordova.

Fairbanks Division comprises the following counties:

Juneau Division comprises the following counties: Haines, Hoonah-Angoon, Juneau, Sitka, Skagway, and Yakutat.

Ketchikan Division comprises the following counties: Ketchikan Gateway, Petersburg, Prince of Wales, and Wrangell.

Nome Division comprises the following counties: Nome, North Slope and Northwest Arctic.

Current judges

# Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by
Active Chief Senior
9 Chief Judge Ralph R. Beistline Anchorage 1948 2002–present 2009–present — G.W. Bush
10 District Judge Timothy Mark Burgess Anchorage 1956 2006–present — — G.W. Bush
11 District Judge Sharon L. Gleason Anchorage 1957 2012–present — — Obama
5 Senior Judge Hezekiah Russel Holland Anchorage 1936 1984–2001 1989–1995 2001–present Reagan
7 Senior Judge James Keith Singleton, Jr. Anchorage 1939 1990–2005 1995–2002 2005–present G.H.W. Bush
8 Senior Judge John W. Sedwick Anchorage 1946 1992–2011 2002–2009 2011–present G.H.W. Bush

Former judges

# Judge State Born–died Active service Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for
termination
1 Walter Hartman Hodge AK 1896–1975 1960–1966 1961–1966 1966–1975 Eisenhower death
2 Raymond Eugene Plummer AK 1913–1987 1961–1973 1966–1973 1973–1987 Kennedy death
3 James Arnold von der Heydt AK 1919–2013 1966–1984 1973–1984 1984–2013 L. Johnson death
4 James Martin Fitzgerald AK 1920–2011 1974–1989 1984–1989 1989–2011 Ford death
6 Andrew Kleinfeld AK 1945–present 1986–1991 — — Reagan reappointment

Succession of seats

See also

References

  1. ^ 28 U.S.C. § 81A

External links

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