Sunshine S. Sykes
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
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.