Sherilyn Peace Garnett

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Sherilyn Garnett
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Assumed office
June 24, 2022
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byManuel Real
Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court
In office
2014 – June 24, 2022
Appointed byJerry Brown
Succeeded byRichard Bloom
Personal details
Born
Sherilyn Rosa Lee Peace

1969 (age 54–55)
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Political partyDemocratic[1]
EducationUniversity of California, Riverside (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Sherilyn Peace Garnett (née Sherilyn Rosa Lee Peace, born 1969)[2] is an American attorney who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. She served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2014 to 2022.

Early life and education[edit]

Garnett was born on Grand Cayman. She received a Bachelor of Arts, with honors, from the University of California, Riverside, in 1991 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1995.[3]

Career[edit]

Garnett during her hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee

Garnett began her career as a litigation associate at Altheimer & Gray in Chicago from 1995 to 1998. She then served as a law clerk for Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California from 1998 to 1999. From 1999 to 2000, Garnett was a litigation associate at Arnold & Porter in Los Angeles. From 2001 to 2014, she served as an Assistant United States attorney for the Central District of California in the Criminal Division. She served as chief of the general crimes section in 2014, deputy chief of the general crimes section from 2011 to 2014, and as the domestic terrorism coordinator for the Central District of California from 2008 to 2011.[3] From 2014 to 2022, she served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court after being appointed by Governor Jerry Brown.[1]

Federal judicial service[edit]

On December 15, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Garnett to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. President Biden nominated Garnett to the seat vacated by Judge Manuel Real, who assumed senior status on November 4, 2018.[4] On February 16, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[5] On March 10, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 17–5 vote.[6] On April 27, 2022, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 64–34 vote.[7] She was confirmed later that day by a 62–33 vote.[8] She received her judicial commission on June 24, 2022.[9]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Brown Names 15 Judges, Eight of Them in Los Angeles County". www.metnews.com. June 19, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "President Biden Names Eleventh Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. February 16, 2022.
  6. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 10, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  7. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sherilyn Peace Garnett to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California)". United States Senate. April 27, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  8. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Sherilyn Peace Garnett, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California)". United States Senate. April 27, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  9. ^ Sherilyn Peace Garnett at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

External links[edit]

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Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
2022–present 		Incumbent
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