Gregory M. Sleet

Gregory Moneta Sleet (born March 8, 1951, in New York City, New York) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

Education and career

Sleet was born in New York City, New York. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hampton University in 1973. He received a Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law–Camden in 1976, where he was an Earl Warren Scholar. He was an assistant public defender, Defender Association of Philadelphia from 1976 to 1983. He was in private practice of law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1983 to 1990. He was a deputy attorney general in the Department of Justice, State of Delaware from 1990 to 1992. He was a Counsel, Hercules Inc. from 1992 to 1994. He was the United States Attorney for the District of Delaware from 1994 to 1998. He was the first African American to be appointed United States Attorney in Delaware, and the first to be appointed the federal bench in Delaware.

Federal judicial service

Sleet was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. At the recommendation of then Delaware United States Senator Joe Biden, Sleet was nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 27, 1998, to a seat vacated by Joseph J. Longobardi. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 27, 1998, and received commission on April 30, 1998. He served as chief judge, from 2007 to 2014. He assumed senior status on May 1, 2017. In February 2018, Sleet announced his plan to retire from the federal bench in the fall of 2018. He retired on September 28, 2018. Widener University School of Law and Rutgers University School of Law. Sleet is also a member of the Third Circuit Committee on Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions, the Third Circuit Judicial Council Automation & Technology Committee, the Third Circuit Judicial Council Facilities and Security Committee and Member of the Third Circuit Judicial Council Case Management Committee.

Personal

He is the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Moneta Sleet Jr.