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<\/P>\r\nSunshine Suzanne Sykes<\/a>, a citizen of the Navajo Nation<\/a>, is one step closer to becoming a federal judge.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nThe Senate Committee on the Judiciary<\/a> on Thursday advanced Sykes’s nomination to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California. The vote at the executive business meeting was 12 to 10<\/a>, with all Democrats supporting her. The no votes came from Republicans.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nWith approval from the committee, Sykes can now be considered by the U.S. Senate<\/a>. If confirmed, she would be the first Native federal judge in California, the state with the largest population of American Indians and Alaska Natives.\r\n

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