Sherilyn Peace Garnett

Sherilyn Peace Garnett (born 1969)[1] is an American attorney serving as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. She is designate to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Sherilyn Garnett
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Designate
Assuming office
TBD
Appointed byJoe Biden
SucceedingManuel Real
Personal details
Born
Sherilyn Rosa Lee Peace

1969 (age 52–53)
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
EducationUniversity of California, Riverside (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Early life and education

Garnett was born on Grand Cayman. 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.[2]

Career

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.[2] Since 2014, she has served as a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court after being appointed by Governor Jerry Brown.[3]

Nomination to district court

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 took 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. On April 27, 2022, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 64–34 vote.[6] She was confirmed later that day by a 62–33 vote.[7] She is awaiting her judicial commission.

References
  1. "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  2. "President Biden Names Eleventh Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. "Brown Names 15 Judges, Eight of Them in Los Angeles County". www.metnews.com. June 19, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  4. "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021. 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. "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sherilyn Peace Garnett to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California)". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate. April 27, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  7. "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Sherilyn Peace Garnett, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California)". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate. April 27, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
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