Fred W. Slaughter

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Fred Slaughter
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 19, 2022
Education University of California, Los Angeles (BA, JD)

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.

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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

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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]

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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. 1 2 3 "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.PD-icon.svg 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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