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Kirk Edward Sherriff
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. Active service.
Confirmed 54 to 45Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- January 8, 2024
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), January 18, 2024
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 54 to 45
- Confirmed
- January 31, 2024
- Commissioned
- February 7, 2024
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1968, 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
- Private practice, New York City, 1995-1996, 1997-2001
- Law clerk, Hon. Deborah T. Poritz, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1996-1997
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of California, 2002-2024; Civil Division, 2002-2007; Criminal Division, 2007-2024; chief, White Collar Crime Unit, 2013-2015; chief, Fresno Office, 2015-2024
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