Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Executive Business Meeting
DATE: Thursday, March 10, 2022
TIME: 09:00 AM Eastern
LOCATION: Russell Senate Office Building Room 325
PRESIDING: Chair, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois)

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary holds an executive business meeting to consider pending nominations on March 10, 2022.

Following a discussion of other issues, the committee voted to approve the Sunshine Suzanne Sykes, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California. The nomination can now be sent to the U.S. Senate for full consideration.

If confirmed, Sykes would be the first Native federal judge in California, which is home to the largest population of American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Thumbnail Photo: REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

I. Nominees
Kenly Kiya Kato, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California

Jennifer Louise Rochon, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York

Sunshine Suzanne Sykes, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California

Sherilyn Peace Garnett, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California

Nina Morrison, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York

Trina L. Thompson, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California

Paul Monteiro, to be Director, Community Relations Service

Trina A. Higgins, to be United States Attorney for the District of Utah

Jane E. Young, to be United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire

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