Robert Beezer

Robert Beezer
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In office July 31, 1996 – March 30, 2012
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In office March 28, 1984 – July 31, 1996
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Eugene Allen Wright
Succeeded by	Ronald M. Gould
Personal details
Born	Robert Renaut Beezer (1928-07-21)July 21, 1928 Seattle, Washington
Died	March 30, 2012(2012-03-30) (aged 83) Seattle, Washington
Education	University of Virginia (BA, LLB)

Robert Renaut Beezer (July 21, 1928 – March 30, 2012) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Born in Seattle, Washington, Beezer received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1951 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1956. He was a United States Marine Corps Reserve Lieutenant from 1951 to 1953. He was in private practice in Seattle 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 Judge Eugene Allen Wright.^[1] 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.^[2]

Beezer died from lung cancer in Seattle on March 30, 2012, at age 83.^[3]

• Robert Beezer at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Graveyard