Sunshine Suzanne Sykes

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American judge (born 1974)

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.

Early life and education

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Sykes was born on the Navajo Nation Reservation in Tuba City, Arizona , and was raised in Gallup, New Mexico . She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University in 1997 and a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 2001.

Career

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From 2001 to 2003, Sykes worked as a staff attorney for California Indian Legal Services. From 2003 to 2005, she was a contract attorney for the Defense Panel at the Southwest Justice Center. She also worked for the California Department of Social Services . From 2005 to 2013, Sykes served as deputy county counsel for Riverside County, California . In 2013, she was nominated by then-Governor Jerry Brown to serve as a judge on the Riverside County Superior Court .

Federal judicial service

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Sykes testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee

On December 15, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Sykes to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California . President Biden nominated Sykes to the seat vacated by Judge James V. Selna , who assumed senior status on March 3, 2020. On February 1, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee . On March 10, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote. On May 17, 2022, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 51–45 vote. On May 18, 2022, her nomination was confirmed by a 51–45 vote. She received her judicial commission on June 14, 2022. Sykes became the fifth American Indian ever to serve on the federal bench.

See also

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• List of Native American jurists

References

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1. ↑ "Governor Brown Appoints Sunshine S. Sykes to Riverside County Superior Court" . www.ca.gov. December 5, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
2. ↑ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

 ["President Biden Names Eleventh Round of Judicial Nominees"](https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/15/president-biden-names-eleventh-round-of-judicial-nominees/)
. _The White House_. 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2021-12-15.

1. ↑ "Taking the Stand: Judge Sunshine Sykes" . Stanford Law School. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
2. ↑ Staff, Native News Online (15 December 2021). "Judge Sunshine Suzanne Sykes, Navajo, Nominated for U.S. District Court" . Native News Online. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
3. ↑ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. December 15, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
4. ↑ "Nominations" . Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary . January 31, 2022.
5. ↑ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 10, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
6. ↑ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sunshine Suzanne Sykes to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California)" . United States Senate. May 17, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
7. ↑ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Sunshine Suzanne Sykes, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California)" . United States Senate. May 18, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
8. ↑ Sunshine Sykes at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _

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