Greg Sleet
Gregory Moneta Sleet was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. He first joined the court in 1998 after an appointment by President Bill Clinton (D). He assumed senior status on May 1, 2017, and retired from the court on September 29, 2018.
Sleet served as chief judge of the court from 2007 to 2014.[1]
Early life and education
A native of New York, New York, Sleet graduated from Hampton University with his bachelor's degree in 1973 and from Rutgers School of Law with his J.D. in 1976.[1]
Professional career
- 1998-2018: United States District Court for the District of Delaware
- 2017-2018: Senior judge
- 2007-2014: Chief judge
- 1998-2017: Judge
- 1994-1998: U.S. Attorney, District of Delaware
- 1992-1994: Counsel, Hercules, Inc.
- 1990-1992: Deputy attorney general, Delaware
- 1983-1990: Private practice, Philadelphia, Pa.
- 1976-1983: Assistant public defender, Philadelphia, Pa.[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
District of Delaware
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Gregory Moneta Sleet |
| Court: United States District Court for the District of Delaware |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 90 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: January 27, 1998
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| ABA Rating: Substantial Majority Qualified or Well Qualified, Minority Not Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: March 18, 1998
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: March 26, 1998
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| Confirmed: April 27, 1998
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Sleet was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Delaware by President Bill Clinton on January 27, 1998, to a seat vacated by Joseph Longobardi. The American Bar Association rated Sleet Substantial Majority Qualified or Well Qualified, Minority Not Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Sleet's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 18, 1998, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on March 26, 1998. Sleet was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on April 27, 1998, and he received his commission on April 30, 1998. Sleet served as chief judge of the district court from 2007 to 2014. He elected to take senior status beginning on May 1, 2017. She retired from the court on September 29, 2018.[1][2][3]
Noteworthy cases
Sex tourist case (2010)
Judge Sleet presided in the trial of Thomas Pendelton, who was found guilty of traveling out of the nation to have sex with an underage girl. On February 3, 2010, he sentenced Pendleton to thirty years in prison, ten more than what the federal guidelines required.[4]
See also
- United States District Court for the District of Delaware
- United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Profile of Gregory Moneta Sleet," accessed May 1, 2017
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 838 — Gregory Moneta Sleet — The Judiciary," accessed May 1, 2017
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 105th Congress," accessed May 1, 2017
- ↑ The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Judge throws book at pedophile ‘sex tourist'," February 3, 2010
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Joseph Longobardi |
District of Delaware 1998–2017 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Maryellen Noreika
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
Federal courts:
Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Delaware • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Delaware
State courts:
Delaware Supreme Court • Superior Court of Delaware • Delaware Court of Chancery • Delaware Family Court • Delaware Court of Common Pleas • Delaware Justice of the Peace Courts • Delaware Alderman's Courts
State resources:
Courts in Delaware • Delaware judicial elections • Judicial selection in Delaware
