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Sunshine Suzanne Sykes

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California · 2022

Sunshine Suzanne Sykes, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The Senate voted 51–45 on the nomination on May 18, 2022 (Nomination Confirmed).

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States District Judge for the Central District of California
    117th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    51–45 · May 18, 2022

Education

  • Stanford UniversityB.A., 1997
  • Stanford Law SchoolJ.D., 2001

Career

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

Biography

Sunshine Suzanne Sykes (born 1974) is an American lawyer serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. She previously served as a judge of the California Superior Court for Riverside County from 2013 to 2022.

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From Senate roll call votes, Wikidata, Wikipedia and Office of Government Ethics records.

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Capitol Receipts, “Sunshine Suzanne Sykes: Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/appointee/j11976531/sunshine-suzanne-sykes (accessed 2026-10-14).

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