Robert R. Beezer

Judge, Politician

1928 – 2012

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Who was Robert R. Beezer?

Robert Renaut Beezer was a United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Born in Seattle, Washington, Beezer received a B.A. from the University of Virginia in 1951 and an LL.B. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1956. He was a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Lieutenant from 1951 to 1953. He was in private practice in Seattle, Washington from 1956 to 1984, serving as a judge pro tem on the Seattle Municipal Court from 1962 to 1976.

On March 2, 1984, Beezer was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated by Eugene Allen Wright. Beezer was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 27, 1984, and received his commission on March 28, 1984. He assumed senior status on July 31, 1996.

Beezer died in Seattle from lung cancer on March 30, 2012, at age 83.

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Born
Jul 21, 1928
Seattle
Also known as
  • Robert Beezer
Profession
Education
  • University of Virginia
Died
Mar 30, 2012
Seattle

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on July 23, 2013

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