Gregory Moneta Sleet
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1998 and confirmed by voice vote, Gregory Moneta Sleet was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. He earned a law degree from Rutgers School of Law -- Camden in 1976. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1951 · age 75
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1998
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Hampton 1973 · Rutgers Law -- Camden 1976
- Succeeded
- Joseph J. Longobardi
- Succeeded by
- Maryellen Noreika
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | District of Delaware succeeded Joseph J. Longobardi | Clinton (D) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| Hampton University | B.A. | 1973 |
| Rutgers School of Law -- Camden | J.D. | 1976 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Sleet was assigned 5,120 district-court cases (1982–2018). Median time from filing to termination: 319 days across 5,119 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 207 of Sleet’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 168 were affirmed, 21 reversed or vacated, and 18 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Sleet authored 108 published opinions for the court (1998–2011). Most cited: Affymetrix, Inc. v. Synteni, Inc. (86 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Affymetrix, Inc. v. Synteni, Inc. | 28 F. Supp. 2d 192 | 86 |
| 2002 | In Re Digital Island Securities Litigation | 223 F. Supp. 2d 546 | 31 |
| 2001 | United States v. Trala | 162 F. Supp. 2d 336 | 31 |
| 2000 | In Re Wechsler | 121 F. Supp. 2d 404 | 22 |
| 2001 | Elonex I.P. Holdings, Ltd. v. Apple Computer, Inc. | 142 F. Supp. 2d 579 | 20 |
| 2001 | Weiss v. Northwest Broadcasting Inc. | 140 F. Supp. 2d 336 | 20 |
| 2001 | Russell v. Paul Revere Life Insurance | 148 F. Supp. 2d 392 | 19 |
| 2011 | Resnik v. Woertz | 774 F. Supp. 2d 614 | 17 |
| 2001 | Reed v. Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 174 F. Supp. 2d 176 | 17 |
| 1999 | Lloyd v. Jefferson | 53 F. Supp. 2d 643 | 16 |
| 2011 | LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. v. Whirlpool Corp. | 798 F. Supp. 2d 541 | 14 |
| 2008 | Tolliver v. Christina School District | 564 F. Supp. 2d 312 | 14 |
| 2006 | Conley v. Chaffinch | 431 F. Supp. 2d 494 | 14 |
| 2002 | Ballenger v. Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. | 189 F. Supp. 2d 196 | 14 |
| 2000 | Mosel Vitelic Corp. v. Micron Technology, Inc. | 162 F. Supp. 2d 307 | 14 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 108 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Gregory Moneta Sleet?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Gregory Moneta Sleet to the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in 1998.
- Was Gregory Moneta Sleet appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Gregory Moneta Sleet was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Gregory Moneta Sleet's confirmation vote?
- Gregory Moneta Sleet was confirmed by voice vote on April 27, 1998. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Gregory Moneta Sleet on?
- Gregory Moneta Sleet was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the District of Delaware (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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20 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).