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# Andrew Ramsey

Alaska District Court, Aniak · Magistrate Judge

## Profile

- Court: Alaska District Court, Aniak
- State: Alaska
- Role: Magistrate Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-10-02

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Appointed in 2024 by the Presiding Judge of the Fourth Judicial District to serve as magistrate judge for Aniak District Court
- Magistrate judge for the Aniak District Court in Alaska’s 4th Judicial District, appointed in 2024 by the Presiding Judge of that district
- Appointed to the bench in 2024 by the Presiding Judge of the 4th Judicial District
- Magistrate judge in the Aniak District Court, which is part of the 4th Judicial

### Education


### Additional information

- This district includes Aniak, Bethel, Delta Junction, Emmonak, Fairbanks, Fort Yukon, Galena, Hooper Bay, Nenana, and Tok.
- As a magistrate judge, he handles cases within the district’s jurisdiction, often at the trial court level, under the Alaska Court System’s structure.
- His appointment is listed on the official Alaska Court System magistrate judges page.
- The Alaska Court System’s directory also confirms his current judicial position.
- The research cites the Alaska magistrate roster and the biographical record.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### photography filming recording

Scope: statewide

Alaska generally prohibits photographing, filming, and recording in courthouse common areas unless an application is approved, while separate courtroom and adjacent-area rules remain governed by Administrative Rule 50 and Administrative Bulletin No. 45.

Evidence excerpt: Except as specifically authorized by this order, photographing, filming, and recording are permitted in common areas inside the courthouse only upon the issuance of an approved application.

[Presiding Judges' Statewide Order on Use of Cameras and Electronic Devices in Common Areas of Court Facilities](https://courts.alaska.gov/jord/docs/2023/statewide-electronic-devices.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### courtroom media requests

Scope: statewide

Alaska states that media may request permission from a judicial officer for coverage inside a particular courtroom or adjacent area, and the judicial officer rules on those requests.

Evidence excerpt: not intended to interfere with or restrict the rights of the media to request permission from a judicial officer to allow media coverage within a particular courtroom or adjacent area

[Presiding Judges' Statewide Order on Use of Cameras and Electronic Devices in Common Areas of Court Facilities](https://courts.alaska.gov/jord/docs/2023/statewide-electronic-devices.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm#4)
- [Official roster](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm#4)
- [Alaska Court System official judicial roster](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm#4)
- [Presiding Judges' Statewide Order on Use of Cameras and Electronic Devices in Common Areas of Court Facilities](https://courts.alaska.gov/jord/docs/2023/statewide-electronic-devices.pdf)
- [Hearings & Trials](https://courts.alaska.gov/trialcourts/hearings.htm)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/)
- [www.courts.alaska.gov](https://www.courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm)
- [Presiding Judges' Statewide Order on Use of Cameras and Electronic Devices in Common Areas of Court Facilities](https://courts.alaska.gov/jord/docs/2023/statewide-electronic-devices.pdf)
- [Hearings & Trials](https://courts.alaska.gov/trialcourts/hearings.htm)
- [Alaska Court System official judicial roster](https://www.courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm)
- [Alaska Judges - Alaska Court System](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm)
- [www.courts.alaska.gov](https://www.courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/)
- [www.courts.alaska.gov](https://www.courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm)
- [courts.alaska.gov](https://courts.alaska.gov/judges/mj.htm)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Presiding Judges' Statewide Order on Use of Cameras and Electronic Devices in Common Areas of Court Facilities](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-4195c4aa8c36145cd11c25b9) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://courts.alaska.gov/jord/docs/2023/statewide-electronic-devices.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.
