Arlen Beam
2001 - Present
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Clarence Arlen Beam is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. He joined the court in 1987 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. At the time of his appointment, he served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska after a nomination from Reagan in 1981.[1]
Beam assumed senior status on February 1, 2001.[1]
Early life and education
Born in Stapleton, Nebraska, Beam graduated from the University of Nebraska with his bachelor's degree in 1951 and from the University of Nebraska College of Law with his J.D. in 1965.[1]
Military career
Beam served as a captain in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953.[1]
Professional career
- 1965-1982: Private practice, Lincoln. Neb.
Judicial nominations and appointments
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Clarence A. Beam |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 128 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: July 1, 1987
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: October 26. 1987
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| Reported: November 5, 1987
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| Confirmed: November 6, 1987
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| Vote: Unanimous consent
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Beam was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on July 1, 1987, to a seat vacated by Judge Donald Ross. Hearings on Beam's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on October 26, 1987, and his nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on November 5, 1987. Beam was confirmed on the unanimous consent of the U.S. Senate on November 6, 1987, and he received his commission on November 9, 1987. He assumed senior status on the court on February 1, 2001.[1][2] He was succeeded in this position by Judge William Riley.
District of Nebraska
Beam was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska by Ronald Reagan on October 14, 1981, to a seat vacated by Judge Robert Denney. Hearings on Beam's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 14, 1981, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) the same day. Beam was confirmed by the unanimous consent of the United States Senate on November 18, 1981, and he received his commission the same day. Beam served as chief judge of the district court from 1986 to 1987. He resigned from the district court on November 9, 1987, upon his elevation to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.[1][3] Beam was succeeded in this position by Judge William Cambridge.
Death threat
Judge Beam was subject to a death threat by an inmate in a Missouri prison. Jeffrey Phillips sent a threatening letter to the judge after he was upset over how Beam handled a case involving his friends. Phillips pleaded guilty in his connection to threat and was sentenced to eight years in federal prison on March 22, 2010.[4]
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed January 30, 2019
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 473 — Clarence A. Beam — The Judiciary," accessed July 28, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 738 — Clarence A. Beam — The Judiciary," accessed July 28, 2016
- ↑ KLTV, "Man sentenced for threatening Neb. federal judge," March 22, 2010
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Robert Denney |
District of Nebraska 1981–1987 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: William Cambridge |
| Preceded by: Donald Ross |
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals 1987–present |
Succeeded by: William Riley
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. • Susan Bazis • Brian Buescher | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Cheryl Renae Zwart • Michael Nelson (Nebraska) • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Laurie Smith Camp • Lyle Strom • Warren Urbom • William Cambridge • Arlen Beam • Elmer Scipio Dundy • William Douglas McHugh • William Henry Munger • Thomas Charles Munger • Joseph William Woodrough • James Donohoe • Thomas Shanahan • John Delehant • Robert Denney • Richard Dier • Albert Schatz • Robert Van Pelt • Richard Robinson (Nebraska) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
John Gerrard • Joseph Bataillon • Laurie Smith Camp • Richard Kopf • Lyle Strom • Warren Urbom • William Cambridge • Arlen Beam • James Donohoe • John Delehant • Richard Robinson (Nebraska) • | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
