| Fred Slaughter | |
| Office: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California |
| Term Start: | April 19, 2022 |
| Appointer: | Joe Biden |
| Predecessor: | Andrew J. Guilford |
| 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 |
| Party: | Democratic[1] |
| Education: | University of California, Los Angeles (BA, JD) |
| Father: | Fred Slaughter |
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.
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]
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]
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.