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Sunshine S. Sykes

Judge · Superior Court of Riverside County · 2014–2026

Judge, District Court, C.D. California 2020– · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside 2013–2022

D++
60% — 6 of 10 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 62% of 312 graded judges

On the assumption that the model is right — qwen3.8-27b reads the court's own disposition right 70% of the time, graded on a curve: A is the top fifth of the judges graded under this model, F the bottom fifth; ++ / + / − / −− within the band. How the grade is made.

40cases reviewed on appeal
34%reversed, in whole or part, of 35 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 22 reversed in part 6 reversed 6 writ granted 3 dismissed 2 modified 1

Areas

civil 39 probate 1

By year: 2016 7 · 2023 6 · 2020 6 · 2022 5 · 2024 4 · 2026 3 · 2025 3 · 2021 2 · 2018 2 · 2015 1 · 2014 1 ·

Analysis

8 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. Vijayraghavan v. Cohan 25-1345 · 2026-08-14 · civil · affirmed
  2. Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians v. Blanche 25-2340 · 2026-05-06 · civil · affirmed
  3. Walker v. Montgomery 24-5585 · 2026-03-10 · civil · affirmed
  4. Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. v. Coachella Valley Water Dist. E081996 · 2025-11-26 · civil · affirmed
  5. Loudon v. DHSE CA4/2 E081497M · 2024-08-26 · civil · affirmed
  6. Windham v. Medestar Locum Tenens CA4/2 E078518 · 2024-02-28 · civil · affirmed
  7. U.S. Real Estate Credit Holdings III-A v. Rubin CA4/3 G062721 · 2023-09-29 · civil · affirmed
  8. Gerlach v. K. Hovnanian's Four Seasons at Beaumont, LLC E075228 · 2022-08-17 · civil · affirmed
  9. Conservatorship of Ryan M. CA4/2 E072813 · 2022-04-08 · probate · affirmed
  10. Rodriguez v. Eisenhower Medical Center CA4/2 E075172 · 2022-02-03 · civil · affirmed
  11. Bledsoe v. Monster Beverage Corp. CA4/2 E072569A · 2021-04-06 · civil · affirmed
  12. Bledsoe v. Monster Beverage Corp. CA4/2 E072569 · 2021-03-25 · civil · affirmed
  13. People v. Rutherford CA4/2 E073700 · 2020-12-23 · civil · affirmed
  14. Telles v. Wal-Mart Associates CA4/2 E072835 · 2020-11-16 · civil · affirmed
  15. Reales Investment, LLC v. Johnson E072523 · 2020-10-05 · civil · affirmed
  16. City of Norco v. Rodriguez CA4/2 E071911 · 2020-09-14 · civil · affirmed
  17. Webb v. City of Riverside D073449 · 2018-05-11 · civil · affirmed
  18. Wilson v. Autler CA4/2 E063548 · 2016-04-13 · civil · affirmed
  19. Ramos v. Romero CA4/2 E062963 · 2016-03-30 · civil · affirmed
  20. Siciliano v. Silva CA4/2 E063116 · 2016-03-22 · civil · affirmed
  21. Hendrickson v. Woody, LLC CA4/1 D069070 · 2016-03-16 · civil · affirmed
  22. Bucur v. Vithlani CA4/2 E063738 · 2016-02-03 · civil · affirmed