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Sunshine Suzanne Sykes
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Active service.
Confirmed 51 to 45Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- December 15, 2021
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 1, 2022
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 10, 2022
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 51 to 45
- Confirmed
- May 18, 2022
- Commissioned
- June 14, 2022
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1974, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Staff attorney, California Indian Legal Services, Sacramento, California, 2001-2003
- Contract attorney, Juvenile Defense Panel, Murrieta, California, 2003-2005
- Deputy county counsel, Riverside County, California, 2005-2013
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside, 2013-2022
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