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Fred Wallace Slaughter (born 1973)[1] 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. 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.[2][3]

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.[2] 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.[4]

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

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