James Keith Singleton Jr.

James Singleton Jr.
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
Incumbent
Assumed office January 27, 2005
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
In office 1995–2002
Preceded by	H. Russel Holland
Succeeded by	John W. Sedwick
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
In office May 14, 1990 – January 27, 2005
Appointed by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	James Martin Fitzgerald
Succeeded by	Timothy Mark Burgess
Personal details
Born	January 27, 1939 Oakland, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley (B.A., J.D)

James Keith Singleton Jr. (born January 27, 1939), is a judge from the U.S. state of Alaska.

Born in Oakland, California, Singleton attended the University of California at Berkeley, earning an A.B. in 1961, and an LL.B from the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1964. He was in private practice in Anchorage, Alaska until 1970, then served as a judge on the Alaska Superior Court from 1970–80, and on the Alaska Court of Appeals from 1980-90. He was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on January 24, 1990, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Alaska vacated by James M. Fitzgerald. Singleton was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 11, 1990, and received his commission on May 14, 1990. He served as chief judge of that court from 1995 to 2002, and assumed senior status on January 27, 2005.

Sources

• James Keith Singleton Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.