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Sparkle Leah Sooknanan
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Active service.
Confirmed 50 to 48Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- February 27, 2024
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 20, 2024
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 18, 2024
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 50 to 48
- Confirmed
- December 3, 2024
- Commissioned
- January 2, 2025
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1983, 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
- Law clerk, Hon. Eric N. Vitaliano, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2010-2011
- Law clerk, Hon. Guido Calabresi, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2011-2012
- Attorney, appellate staff, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2012-2013
- Law clerk, Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court of the United States, 2013-2014
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2014-2021
- Deputy associate attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2021-2023
- Principal deputy assistant attorney general, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2023-2024
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