Gregory M. Sleet
Gregory Moneta Sleet (born March 8, 1951 in New York, New York) is currently a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. A graduate of the Rutgers University School of Law at Camden,[1] he was appointed as a District Judge by President Bill Clinton in 1998 and served as Chief Judge on the court from 2007 to July 1, 2014. Previously, he served as the United States Attorney for the District of Delaware. He was the first Black American to be appointed United States Attorney in Delaware, and the first to be appointed the federal bench in Delaware.[2]
He is the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Moneta Sleet.[2]
External links
- Gregory M. Sleet at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
References
- ↑ http://www.ded.uscourts.gov/History/HistJudge_22.htm
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Slagle, Dana (2007-07-16). "Gregory Sleet becomes first Black chief judge in Delaware". Jet, reproduced by FindArticles.com. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
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