Fred W. Slaughter

{{Infobox judge

| name = Fred Slaughter

| image = Fred W. Slaughter.jpg

| office = Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California

| term_start = April 19, 2022

| term_end =

| appointer = Joe Biden

| predecessor = Andrew J. Guilford

| successor =

| office1 = Judge of the Orange County Superior Court

| term_start1 = January 31, 2014

| term_end1 = April 19, 2022

| appointer1 = Jerry Brown

| predecessor1 = Gregory Munoz

| successor1 = Alma Hernandez

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1973}}

| birth_place = {{nowrap|Santa Monica, California, U.S.}}

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Democratic{{Cite web |date=December 27, 2013|title=Governor Brown Appoints Two to Orange County Superior Court|url=https://archive.gov.ca.gov/archive/gov39/2013/12/27/news18347/index.html|access-date=December 23, 2022 |website=www.ca.gov}}

| education = University of California, Los Angeles (BA, JD)

| father = Fred Slaughter

}}

Fred Wallace Slaughter (born 1973){{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Slaughter%20SJQ%20Public%20Final.pdf|title=Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=January 11, 2022}} 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.{{Cite web|date=December 15, 2021|title=President Biden Names Eleventh Round of Judicial Nominees|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/15/president-biden-names-eleventh-round-of-judicial-nominees/|access-date=December 15, 2021|website=The White House|language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web|title=UCLA Basketball Great Fred Slaughter Passes Away|url=https://uclabruins.com/news/2016/10/13/mens-basketball-fred-slaughter-passes-away.aspx|access-date=December 12, 2015|website=UCLA|language=en}}

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. 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.{{Cite web |title=OCBA Members Gary L. Moorhead and Fred W. Slaughter Appointed to Orange County Superior Court |url=https://www.ocbar.org/All-News/News-View/ArticleId/1225/OCBA-Members-Gary-L-Moorhead-and-Fred-W-Slaughter-Appointed-to-Orange-County-Superior-Court |access-date=December 15, 2021 |website=www.ocbar.org}}

= Federal judicial service =

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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. President Biden nominated Slaughter to the seat vacated by Judge Andrew J. Guilford, who assumed senior status on July 5, 2019.{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=December 15, 2021 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/15/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-52/ |access-date=December 15, 2021}} {{PD-notice}} On January 12, 2022, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.{{Cite web |title=Nominations |date=January 11, 2022 |publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/01/05/2022/nominations}} On February 10, 2022, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 15–7 vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/EBM%20Results%20-%202022-02-10.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 10, 2022|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=February 24, 2022}} On March 16, 2022, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 56–41 vote.{{Cite web|date=March 16, 2022|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Fred W. Slaughter to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California)|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00083.htm|access-date=March 17, 2022|website=United States Senate}} On March 17, 2022, his nomination was confirmed by a 57–41 vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00095.htm|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Fred W. Slaughter to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California)|date=March 17, 2022|website=United States Senate|access-date=March 17, 2022}} He received his judicial commission on April 19, 2022.{{FJC Bio|nid=11662366}}