Fred Wallace Slaughter (born 1973)[2] is an American lawyer who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He previously served as a judge on the California Superior Court for Orange County from 2014 to 2022.

Education

Slaughter earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1996 and a Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law in 1999.[3] Slaughter's father, Fred Slaughter, was a basketball player for the UCLA Bruins and one of the first African Americans to work as a sports agent. His mother, Kay, was a nurse. He has one sister, Hilary.[4]

Career

Slaughter began his career as a law clerk in the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office. From 2000 to 2002, Slaughter served as a deputy city attorney. From 2004 to 2006, he worked as a coordinator for Project Safe Neighborhoods. Slaughter then worked as an assistant United States attorney for the Central District of California, District of Oregon, and District of Arizona.[3] He was appointed to serve as a judge of the Orange County Superior Court by Governor Jerry Brown to the seat vacated by the retirement of Judge Gregory Munoz. He was sworn in on January 31, 2014.[5]

Federal judicial service

Slaughter testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee

On December 15, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Slaughter to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.[3] President Biden nominated Slaughter to the seat vacated by Judge Andrew J. Guilford, who assumed senior status on July 5, 2019.[6] On January 12, 2022, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[7] On February 10, 2022, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 15–7 vote.[8] On March 16, 2022, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 56–41 vote.[9] On March 17, 2022, his nomination was confirmed by a 57–41 vote.[10] He received his judicial commission on April 19, 2022.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Governor Brown Appoints Two to Orange County Superior Court". www.ca.gov. December 27, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  2. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "President Biden Names Eleventh Round of Judicial Nominees". The White House. December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  4. ^ "UCLA Basketball Great Fred Slaughter Passes Away". UCLA. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  5. ^ "OCBA Members Gary L. Moorhead and Fred W. Slaughter Appointed to Orange County Superior Court". www.ocbar.org. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  6. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. January 11, 2022.
  8. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 10, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  9. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Fred W. Slaughter to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California)". United States Senate. March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  10. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Fred W. Slaughter to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California)". United States Senate. March 17, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  11. ^ Fred W. Slaughter at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
2022–present 		Incumbent