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Sherilyn Garnett
Sherilyn Garnett
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; June 24, 2022
Appointed by	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Manuel Real
Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court
	In office; 2014 – June 24, 2022
Appointed by	Jerry Brown
Succeeded by	Richard Bloom
Personal details
Born	Sherilyn Rosa Lee Peace; 1969 (age 54–55); Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Political party	Democratic
Education	University 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

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]

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]

^ ^a ^b "Brown Names 15 Judges, Eight of Them in Los Angeles County". www.metnews.com. June 19, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
^ ^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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "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.
^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. February 16, 2022.
^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 10, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ Sherilyn Peace Garnett at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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