Quick facts
Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Position circuit
Status Deceased
Served 1984–2012
Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Commissioned 1984-03-28
Education University of Virginia, B.A., 1951; University of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1956
Signed orders read 25
Last updated 2026-07-12
Motion outcomes
AppealN = 18
counts only
4 2 11 1
Petition for reviewN = 7
counts only
1 6
Counted from classified signed orders. A “1 of 1” is one ruling, not a tendency.
About this data
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How Judge Beezer decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Separates self-defense from more constrained necessity defenses and focuses the inquiry on the immediacy and proportionality of force.
“Self-defense is distinct”
Treats claim preclusion as a practical rule against withholding transactionally related theories for a second lawsuit.
“Different theories supporting the same claim for relief must be brought in the initial action.”
Requires bankruptcy trustees to use the procedural form Congress specified before extinguishing nondebtor co-owners' interests.
“REVERSED AND REMANDED.”
Enforces the jurisdictional consequences of an unconditional guilty plea even when the government does not raise the defect.
“Jacobo’s entry of an unconditional guilty plea deprives us of jurisdiction to consider his pre-plea constitutional claims.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
Jose Enrique Lopez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
· 1985-10-31
Petition for review (asylum-petitioner)
Denied
“The petition is DENIED.”
Maria Lucila Martinez-Zelaya v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
· 1988-03-04
Petition for review (immigration-petitioner)
Denied
“AFFIRMED.”
Jose Hernandez-Luis v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
· 1989-03-06
Petition for review (immigration-petitioner)
Denied
“AFFIRMED.”
Mester Manufacturing Company v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
· 1990-04-10
Appeal (employer-appellant)
Denied
“AFFIRMED.”
Bankr. L. Rep. P 75,306 in Re Billy D. Lyons, Debtor. C.W. Lyons Anna C. Lyons v. Billy D. Lyons
· 1993-06-14
Appeal (property-co-owner-appellants)
Granted
“REVERSED AND REMANDED.”
John W. HARGRAVE, Trustee in Bankruptcy for Circle C Trucking, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE, INC., Defendant-Appellee
· 1995-04-28
Appeal (bankruptcy-trustee-appellant)
Granted
“REVERSED AND REMANDED.”
In re Alsberg
· 1995-10-11
Appeal (debtor-appellant)
Denied
“AFFIRMED.”
Ernesto Isidro PABLO, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent
· 1995-12-27
Petition for review (immigration-petitioner)
Denied
“Review is DENIED.”
Dung Huu BUI, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent
· 1996-02-02
Petition for review (immigration-petitioner)
Granted
“REVIEW GRANTED, REMANDED.”
Laoura Ivanovna TEDEEVA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent
· 1996-07-10
Petition for review (immigration-petitioner)
Denied
“PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.”
United States v. Robert Morales, Sr.
· 2003-05-16
Appeal (criminal-defendant-appellant)
Denied
“AFFIRMED.”
Anthony Toia v. Adele J. Fasano, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General
· 2003-06-30
Appeal (habeas-petitioner-appellant)
Granted
“REVERSED.”
A historical record
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