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U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska: Chief Judges
District of Alaska
Number of chief judges: 10 Hodge, Walter Hartman (1961-1966)
Plummer, Raymond Eugene (1966-1973)
von der Heydt, James Arnold (1973-1984)
Fitzgerald, James Martin (1984-1989)
Holland, H[ezekiah] Russel (1989-1995)
Singleton, James Keith, Jr. (1995-2002)
Sedwick, John W. (2002-2009)
Beistline, Ralph R. (2009-2015)
Burgess, Timothy Mark (2015-2021)
Gleason, Sharon Louise (2022-present)